Second bail application rejected for lack of changed circumstances, serious allegations, recovery material, and criminal antecedents.

A second bail application under Section 439 CrPC was rejected because there was no change in circumstances after the earlier refusal. The Court relied on the material linking the petitioner to the alleged examination-paper leakage racket, the recovery and freezing of a substantial amount, the petitioner's criminal antecedents, and the advanced stage of the proceedings. On those facts, the gravity of the allegations and the absence of any fresh ground justified continued refusal of bail.

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Issues: Whether the petitioner was entitled to bail on a second application under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in view of the alleged recovery, the stage of trial, and the petitioner's antecedents.

Analysis: The application was considered in the backdrop of the earlier rejection of bail, the material indicating the petitioner's role in the alleged examination-paper leakage racket, the substantial amount said to have been recovered and frozen, and the petitioner's criminal antecedents. The Court found no change in circumstances warranting a different view and took note of the gravity of the and the stage of the proceedings.

Conclusion: The request for bail was declined.

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