Patna High Court refuses to grant relief to student in MBBS impersonation case

United News of India

2 days ago

Patna, June 02 (UNI) Patna High Court on Monday refused to grant any interim relief to Arvind Kumar, a student of MBBS of Government Medical College, Bettiah facing the charge of arranging for another student to appear on his behalf in the third year examination of the College.
Justice Parthasarti of the Court, while hearing a petition of Arbind Kumar, refused to entertain his plea of granting relief. Instead, the Court accepted the plea of government pleader Prashant Pratap that impersonation was a serious issue and Arbind did not deserve any mercy as it could pose a serious threat to public health security.
" New generation of the society will suffer the most in medical care if such a student who himself can not clear the examination and arrange for another student to appear on his behalf in third year MBBS examination of the medical college ", Pratap pointed out and added that petitioner himself had admitted in his petition that he had utilised the services of another student to appear on his behalf in the examination of third year of ENT.
On the other hand, Ramchandra Singh, counsel of the petitioner, urged the Court to allow Arbind to appear in the next examination for MBBS. He pleaded that some students of the Medical College were granted relief in a similar case, as Aryabhatta Knowledge University had not filed its reply in the case.
The Court directed the Vice Chancellor of Aryabhatta Knowledge University to file a reply in the case and fixed June 20, 2025, as the next date of hearing. The Court also directed the Additional Chief Secretary of the Health Department of the Bihar government to inform the Vice Chancellor of the University to file a reply in the case, as counsel for the University was not present in the Court.
Admission of four students was cancelled by the College in the same case, but they got relief as Aryabhatta Knowledge University had failed to reply in the case. An FIR was filed against Arvind by the Examination Controller of the University for arranging for another student to appear on his behalf in third third-year examination of ENT of the college.
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