Noida, May 2 -- A sessions court has denied anticipatory bail to a suspended registrar Dr Vishwas Tripathi of the government-run Gautam Buddha University (GBU) in Greater Noida, who is facing allegations of embezzling Rs.5 crore of public funds in connivance with 11 other office-bearers of the university.

On Tuesday, additional sessions judge-cum-special judge Abhishek Pandey on Tuesday observed, "On perusal of the case diary, the accused, along with the other co-accused, committed offences of criminal breach of trust, forgery, cheating, conspiracy, and embezzlement, involving public funds. The offence is serious in nature."

The court found no sufficient basis for anticipatory bail, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the ca...