Ranchi, Feb. 20 -- The Jharkhand High Court on Friday granted regular bail to suspended finance department employee Santosh Kumar, who was arrested for allegedly spreading a 'fake narrative' regarding a paper leak in the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Examination held in September 2024.

Kumar was booked under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 (including sections 318 and 324) and the Jharkhand Competitive Examination (Prevention and Redressal of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Act, 2023. While the state initially accused Kumar of being involved in unfair means, the final charge-sheet suggested his primary role was spreading 'baseless rumours' to discredit the examination p...