Local District court in Patna, Monday accepted that the controversial Humanities ‘topper’ in Bihar Intermediate Examination, who has been arrested in connection with an examination cheating racket, is a minor. Special Vigilance court judge Raghavendra Kumar Singh accepted that the girl is a minor on the basis of her matriculation certificate that mentioned her date of birth as November 15, 1998, paving the way for her shifting from Beur model jail to remand home.
The girl, along with the Science stream topper had come into limelight after they gave ridiculous answers to questions on their subjects in a video which went viral, inviting inquiry.
K D Mishra, a former member of the justice juvenile board, who appeared in court in favor of the girl, presented her matriculation certificate to claim that she is a minor. The girl, from the controversial Bishun Roy college of Vaishali district, was taken into custody by SIT. The basis of arrest was an examination racket case.