Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 11: High Court today suspended the sentence awarded to a student involved in Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) scam with the condition that the accused shall be released from custody by furnishing bail bond and surety bond before Jail authorities.
Accused Dr Parveena has challenged the verdict of trial court whereby she has been held guilty in the scam. She has also filed an application seeking suspension of sentence till the matter is finally decided by the court.
Justice MK Hanjura today suspended the sentence till next date of hearing in the case and directed the jail authorities to release her from the custody by furnishing a bail bond and surety bond of Rs 50000 to the satisfaction of Incharge Jail where the accused is lodged presently.
It may be mentioned that about 43 persons including former chairman of BOPEE Mushtaq Peer were held guilty by the trial court in the scam and were awarded various sentences and fine as per the involvement in the crime.
Accused applicant in her bail application are submitting that conviction and sentence awarded by the trial court on April 25 is perverse on its face and has resulted into travesty of justice, the law and justice as such they demand both conviction and sentence awarded by the trial court be suspended and they be admitted to bail till their fate about the involvement in the scam is decided by the High Court.
It is also submitted that the conviction and sentence awarded by the trial court deserves to be tested on the fact established during the course of investigation by the VoK as well as the Crime Branch conducted in the year 2012 and the complaints lodged were on enquiry found to be false.
Accused has finally sought conviction and sentence and the fine imposed on them be set aside and she be exonerated from all the charges framed against them.
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