NEET PG Admission Fraud: Punjab and Haryana High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has denied anticipatory bail to a person accused of taking around 14.25 lakh rupees on the promise of securing his son’s admission to an MD/MS course through NEET-PG. Justice Virinder Aggarwal observed that an alleged attempt to bypass the regulated medical admission system for monetary consideration cannot be treated as a mere commercial or contractual dispute. The Court said such conduct, if proved, could undermine fairness, transparency and institutional integrity in medical admissions. According to the prosecution, the accused and two others posed as educational consultants, assured the complainant of securing admission and received money in instalments, reports Live Law.

However, they allegedly failed to arrange the seat, demanded additional amounts and later threatened the complainant when he sought a refund. The petitioner argued that the payments arose from a consultancy arrangement and that he had cooperated with the investigation. The Court, however, found that the agreement cited contemplated only ₹3 lakh, while ₹10 lakh was allegedly transferred to the petitioner’s father and ₹2.75 lakh to his own account. It held that the transactions prima facie exceeded the consultancy arrangement and allowed custodial interrogation to trace the money trail, alleged network and individual roles.