Ex-IAS Trainee Puja Khedkar Moves SC Challenging Delhi HC's Order Denying Bail

New Delhi: Former IAS trainee Puja Khedkar moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday to challenge the Delhi High Court's order to deny her bail. 

The Delhi High Court in December had refused to grant anticipatory bail to Khedkar who has been accused of cheating and wrongly availing of OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination. 

Khedkar is accused of misrepresenting information in her application for the UPSC Civil Services Examination, 2022, to get reservation benefits. 

The counsel for the Delhi Police as well as the complainant, the UPSC, opposed the plea for pre-arrest bail. 

Khedkar has denied all allegations against her. 

The UPSC earlier initiated a series of actions against Khedkar in July, including lodging a criminal case, for availing attempts in the civil services exam allegedly by faking her identity. 

The Delhi Police registered an FIR under provisions of the Indian Penal Code, Information Technology Act and Right of Persons with Disabilities Act. 

The high court had granted Khedkar interim protection from arrest while issuing notice on her anticipatory bail plea on August 12, and the same was extended from time to time. (with PTI inputs)