Allahabad High Court Allows Jailed Man To Appear In LL.B Semester Exam Under Police Custody

The Allahabad High Court has allowed a jailed man to appear for his LL.B Ist Semester exam under police custody. The bench of Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and Justice Narendra Kumar Johari directed that the man be brought to the examination center for his participation therein and re-lodged in jail after the examination is over.

Essentially, Anjani Kumar Shukla (who is presently in jail/petitioner) is a student of LL.B Ist Semester enrolled in Rajendra Singh(Rajju Bhaiya) University, Prayagraj, U.P. and he approached the Court seeking permission to appear in his LLB Semester examination.

In view of this, subject to satisfaction of the requisite attendance, the Court directed that the petitioner be facilitated to appear in the LL.B. Ist Semester examination scheduled on March 12, 14, 16, 22, 24, and 26, 2022, or any other date to which the examination may be re-scheduled in respect of these papers by the University under the custody of the jail authority with due intimation to the District Magistrate.

"The District Magistrate shall make due arrangement of the petitioner's participation in the examination scheduled on the aforesaid dates under the police custody for the requisite period from the beginning of examination upto its end. The petitioner shall be brought to the examination centre for his participation therein and re-lodged in jail after the examination is over," the Court ordered while listing the matter for the week commencing April 4, 2022.

Advocates Shivanshu Goswami appeared for the University. Advocate Praveen Kumar Tripathi appeared for the petitioner.

In similar circumstances, in May 2020, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court had allowed a law student to obtain a laptop from outside the jail precincts, to enable him to appear in the Online Quiz Examination conducted by his university.

The student had been lodged in jail being an accused in FIR under Sections 302 and 427 of IPC. He had approached the High Court seeking permission to appear in the online quiz examinations being conducted by his university, as part of internal assessment.

Case title - Anjani Kumar Shukla v. State Of U.P Thru. Prin. Secy. Home And 4 Others

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