Undertrial gets bail to write DU law entrance test

A CBI court has granted three-day interim bail to an undertrial lodged in Tihar jail for appearing in Delhi University’s law entrance test. The court observed that the undertrial could “not be debarred from the opportunity of getting enrolled in a law course”.

“Keeping in view the submissions, I am of the opinion that since the applicant/accused (Nirvikar Singh) wants to pursue further study, he cannot be debarred from the opportunity of getting enrolled in law course, if he so wishes,” Central Bureau of Investigation Special Judge Gurdeep Singh said while allowing his plea for interim bail.

Nirvikar Singh, who wished to appear in the entrance test of the Faculty of Law, Delhi University, was granted interim bail from June 5 to June 7.

The court asked him to furnish a personal bond of Rs one lakh and one surety of the like amount.Advocate Pramod Kumar Dubey, appearing for Nirvikar Singh, submitted that there was no apprehension that he would interfere with investigations or tamper with evidence in any manner.

However, CBI prosecutor KP Singh opposed the plea, stating that in case the applicant wanted to appear in the entrance exam, he could be allowed to do so in judicial custody. The prosecutor said that the accused was an influential person and might tamper with the evidence. Nirvikar Singh, a former aide-de-camp (ADC) of a Punjab governor, was arrested on May 13 while accepting bribe from one person, Bhupinder Singh.

Nirvikar Singh had allegedly told Bhupinder that he could settle an ongoing case against him by using contacts with a senior investigating officer. Bhupinder thus agreed to pay Rs 30 lakh to Nirvikar in two installments of Rs 15 lakh each.

 Nirvikar was earlier too been granted bail by court from May 22 to May 24 for appearing in the law entrance test of Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida. After the test, he surrendered before the jail 

superintendent.