<p>A local court today granted bail to Ruby Rai, a former intermediate arts topper, who was arrested in connection with the Intermediate toppers' scam on June 25 last.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Additional District Judge (ADJ) - I Parvez Alam granted bail to 18 year-old Rai after her advocate K D Mishra pleaded before the court that her remand in juvenile home was wrong and not in the interest of being a teeanager.<br /><br />"It will serve the best interest of the child if she is allowed bail," Mishra prayed and disagreed with the Juvenile Justice Board's contention that she had committed a grave offence by indulging in falsehood to get the top ranking in the intermediate arts examination this year.<br /><br />The vigilance advocate Vijay Kumar, however, opposed her bail plea, but the court rejected his contention before granting bail to Rai.<br /><br />Ruby Rai was arrested by the SIT on June 25 last soon after coming out of re-test by the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) which was conducted to check her academic abilities.<br /><br />She was sent to Beur jail, but later got shifted to the juvenile remand home as she was found to be a minor as per details in her birth certificate.<br /><br />Interestingly, it was Rai's reply to basic questions with regard to her subjects which apparently exposed her knowledge.<br /><br />Ruby Rai was a student of Vishun Roy College, belonging to another alleged scamster Bachcha Rai who too has been arrested along with over three dozen other accused persons in the intermediate toppers scam.<br /><br />She had said that political science was one of her subjects but described it as 'prodikal science' which teaches cooking. <br /></p>
<p>A local court today granted bail to Ruby Rai, a former intermediate arts topper, who was arrested in connection with the Intermediate toppers' scam on June 25 last.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Additional District Judge (ADJ) - I Parvez Alam granted bail to 18 year-old Rai after her advocate K D Mishra pleaded before the court that her remand in juvenile home was wrong and not in the interest of being a teeanager.<br /><br />"It will serve the best interest of the child if she is allowed bail," Mishra prayed and disagreed with the Juvenile Justice Board's contention that she had committed a grave offence by indulging in falsehood to get the top ranking in the intermediate arts examination this year.<br /><br />The vigilance advocate Vijay Kumar, however, opposed her bail plea, but the court rejected his contention before granting bail to Rai.<br /><br />Ruby Rai was arrested by the SIT on June 25 last soon after coming out of re-test by the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) which was conducted to check her academic abilities.<br /><br />She was sent to Beur jail, but later got shifted to the juvenile remand home as she was found to be a minor as per details in her birth certificate.<br /><br />Interestingly, it was Rai's reply to basic questions with regard to her subjects which apparently exposed her knowledge.<br /><br />Ruby Rai was a student of Vishun Roy College, belonging to another alleged scamster Bachcha Rai who too has been arrested along with over three dozen other accused persons in the intermediate toppers scam.<br /><br />She had said that political science was one of her subjects but described it as 'prodikal science' which teaches cooking. <br /></p>