The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to release the NEET-UG result of a Chandrapur student after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) found no evidence of wrongdoing on his part.
The student, Atharva Donadkar, appeared for the NEET-UG examination on May 3 and the re-test on June 21. However, his result was withheld following a CBI raid at his residence on May 15.
During its investigation into the NEET paper leak case, the CBI seized study material and a question paper bearing a different roll number from Atharva's residence.
Based on inputs from the investigating agency, the NTA issued a show-cause notice to the student on July 15.
Atharva responded to the notice on July 17, clarifying that the seized material consisted of mock practice papers provided by his coaching institute and were not leaked examination papers.
As his result remained withheld, the student missed the state's first centralised admission round, prompting him to move the High Court.
A division bench comprising Justices Anil Kilor and Rajnish Vyas directed the NTA to declare his result after the CBI confirmed that it had found no evidence linking the student to any wrongdoing.
