Panchkula, March 3 -- A special CBI court in Panchkula has discharged Pawan Gupta, the then controller of examinations at Chaudhary Bansi Lal University (CBLU), in a case related to "irregularities" in the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) exams. In the order passed on January 30, a copy of which was uploaded on the official website on Monday, the court stated that there were no sufficient grounds to proceed against Gupta. The state vigilance bureau had registered the FIR under Section 7-A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, in Panchkula in November 2021 on the complaint of one Narender from Hisar. Among those booked were Jasbir Singh, owner of M/s Safedot e-Solutions Private Limited in Sector 11 of Panchkula and Naveen from Bhiwani district for allegedly taking bribes to fraudulently secure the selection of candidates in various HPSC exams, including those related to dental surgeon recruitment and Haryana Civil Services (HCS) preliminary exam. Later, Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Sections 420, 466, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC were added. The bureau filed its first chargesheet in January 2022 under the Prevention of Corruption Act, IPC provisions and Section 8(3) and (4) of the Haryana Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2021, against Anil Nagar, Ashwani Sharma and Naveen. According to the prosecution, the accused allegedly collected Rs.40-50 lakh per candidate for HCS and Rs.30-40 lakh per candidate for the dental surgeon exam. After hearing arguments from both sides, the court held that there were no sufficient grounds to proceed against Gupta. His counsel Deepanshu Bansal argued that his client was not named in the FIR and that no direct or indirect evidence linked him to the alleged offence....