Jaipur, April 16 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of Hanumana Ram, a selected Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) officer accused of acting as a dummy candidate in the state's public examination scam, citing the gravity of the charges and his repeated involvement in exam fraud. A bench comprising justices Deepankar Dutta and Satish Chand Sharma dismissed the plea after issuing notice and hearing strong opposition from Rajasthan. Additional advocate general Shiv Mangal Sharma said the court, after considering the seriousness of allegations and material placed on record, declined to grant bail, observing that the conduct of the accused particularly when he appeared as dummy candidate for three persons, and the nature of the offence did not warrant any indulgence at this stage. The petitioner accused Hanumana Ram, though a meritorious candidate-having secured merit rank no. 22 in RAS Examination 2018 and previously rank 02 in another recruitment exam-was allegedly involved in a larger conspiracy of examination fraud and appeared as dummy candidates, he said. The state specifically highlighted that the accused had appeared as a dummy candidate in multiple examinations, including: Police Sub-Inspector Recruitment Examination, 2021 (for different candidates on separate dates), and Patwar Recruitment Examination, 2021. It was further brought to the notice of the court that the accused was not initially named in the FIR, but his involvement surfaced during investigation, indicating a deeper and organised role in the examination racket....