Supreme Court – Daily Orders
Ram Niwas Vishnoi vs State Of Rajasthan on 11 March, 2026
Author: Dipankar Datta
Bench: Dipankar Datta
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1322/2026
[Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No.20001/2025]
RAM NIWAS VISHNOI APPELLANT
VERSUS
STATE OF RAJASTHAN RESPONDENT
WITH
CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1323/2026
[Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No.21247/2025]
NARPATLAL APPELLANT
VERSUS
STATE OF RAJASTHAN RESPONDENT
ORDER
1. Leave granted.
2. The High Court of Rajasthan at Jaipur, by the
Signature Not Verified
Digitally signed by
rashmi dhyani pant
Date: 2026.03.12
15:52:31 IST
Reason: 1
impugned judgment(s) and order(s) dated 25th
November, 2025 & 01st September, 2025, has
rejected the prayers for bail of the two
appellants, Ram Niwas and Narpatlal,
respectively.
3. Appellants, Ram Niwas and Narpatlal,
figuring as accused in FIR No.10 of 2024 dated
03rd March, 2024 registered at Police Station
SOG, District Jaipur, Rajasthan under Sections
419, 420 & 120-B of the Indian Penal Code,
1860, Sections 4, 5 & 6 of the Rajasthan Public
Examination (Prevention of Unfairmeans) Act,
1992 and Section 66D of the Information
Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, were
arrested on 10th April, 2025 and 05th April, 2025,
respectively.
4. We have heard learned counsel for the
appellants and the respondent-State of Rajasthan
and perused the materials on record.
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5. Similarly placed accused have been granted
the concession of bail pending trial. Interim bail
was granted by this Court to the appellants, Ram
Niwas and Narpatlal, vide order dated 05 th
February, 2026. Such order is made absolute.
6. Accordingly, we set aside the impugned
judgment(s) and order(s).
7. Appellants shall continue to remain on bail
on terms and conditions already fixed by the trial
court. The trial court is also free to impose other
terms and conditions as well.
8. In the event there is any breach of the
terms and conditions for grant of bail, the trial
court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail of the
appellants.
9. It is also ordered that the appellants shall
diligently attend proceedings of the trial, unless
exempted. If they abstain from attending the
proceedings without justifiable cause, that could
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also be seen as breach of the conditions for
grant of bail and the trial court will be free to
pass appropriate orders.
10. We clarify that the observations made in
this order and grant of bail will not be treated as
findings on the merits of the case.
11. The appeals are, accordingly, allowed on the
aforesaid terms.
12. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand
disposed of.
……………………………………..J.
(DIPANKAR DATTA)
……………………………………..J.
(SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA)
New Delhi;
March 11, 2026.
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ITEM NO.8 COURT NO.8 SECTION II-D
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.)
No(s).20001/2025
[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order
dated 25-11-2025 in SBCRSMBA No.15402/2025 passed
by the High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan at
Jaipur]
RAM NIWAS VISHNOI Petitioner
VERSUS
STATE OF RAJASTHAN Respondent
FOR ADMISSION
WITH
SLP(Crl) No.20102/2025 (II-D)
I.A. No.321230/2025-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF
THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT
I.A. No.321231/2025-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
SLP(Crl) No. 21247/2025 (II-D)
I.A. No.322238/2025-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF
THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT
I.A. No.322239/2025-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
Date : 11-03-2026 These matters were called on for
hearing today.
CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA
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For Petitioner(s) :Mr. Nishant Bishnoi, AOR
Mr. Rajkumar Lalwani, Adv.
Mr. Devkishan Bishnoi, Adv.
Ms. Srishti Prabhakar, Adv.
Mr. Raghav Khanna, Adv.
Mr. Satwik Misra, Adv.
Mr. Anmol Kheta, Adv.
Ms. Tanya Srivastava, AOR
Mr. Rajat Singh Solanki, Adv.
Ms. Gunjan Dogra, Adv.
Ms. Devashree, Adv.
Mr. Pankaj Singhal, Adv.
Ms. Ashima Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Chandan Kashyap, Adv.
Ms. Harshita Raj, Adv.
Mr. Monu Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Ayush Anand, AOR
Mr. Prince Pal Singh, Adv.
For Respondent(s) :Ms. Aneesha Rastogi, Adv.
Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the
following
O R D E R
Crl. Appeal @ Special Leave Petition (Crl.)
No.20001/2025 & Crl. Appeal @ Special Leave Petition
(Crl) No.21247/2025
1. Leave granted.
2. The appeals are allowed in terms of the signed order.
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3. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.
Special Leave Petition (Crl) No.20102/2025
1. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner seeks
permission to withdraw the special leave petition.
2. Permission granted.
3. The special leave petition is, accordingly, dismissed as
withdrawn.
4. However, the petitioner is granted 15 days’ time to
surrender before the trial court failing which law shall
take its own course.
(RASHMI DHYANI PANT) (SUDHIR KUMAR SHARMA)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)
(signed order is placed on the file)
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