Panchkula, Jan. 31 -- A CBI court in Panchkula on Friday discharged Pawan Gupta, controller of examinations at Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, Bhiwani, in a corruption and examination fraud case related to the Dental Surgeon Recruitment Examination, 2021.

Gupta had moved an application seeking discharge under Section 250 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (earlier Section 227 CrPC). The court allowed his plea, observing that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case against him.

According to the prosecution, the FIR was initially registered against Jasbir Singh, owner of a software firm, and others for allegedly accepting bribes to fraudulently qualify candidates in the Haryana Civil Services (Preliminary) Examin...