Case file · BSSC · surfaced 8 Feb 2017
BSSC inter-level leak: commission chairman, an IAS officer, arrested
Confidence C — based on the press record (archived below). No primary documents on file yet; treat names of agencies, dates and figures as reported, not established.
Question papers of BSSC's inter-level exam (held 29 January and 5 February 2017) circulated on WhatsApp before the tests. An SIT arrested the commission's secretary, and on 24 February 2017 arrested its chairman — a senior IAS officer — from Hazaribagh, along with family members; he was suspended and the exam cancelled. The Supreme Court granted him bail in October 2020 after nearly 3 years and 7 months in custody, noting the charge sheet had been filed and trial would take long.
- Examination
- Inter-Level Combined Competitive Exam 2014 (held 2017)
- Conducting body
- Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC)
- Exam date
- 5 Feb 2017
- Leak date (as documented)
- 5 Feb 2017
- Surfaced
- 8 Feb 2017
- States
- Bihar, Jharkhand
- Candidates affected
- not established
- Leak vector
- Insider (digital)
- Last reviewed
- 11 Jun 2026
Stall clock — no docket movement for
2,074
days (5y 249d) · last movement 2020-10-06
The docket
Every legal action on record, in order. Each row cites its document.
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8 Feb 2017
FIR registered · Agamkuan PS, Patna / SIT
FIR after admit cards and documents were recovered from the commission secretary's residence.
per: SC grants bail to IAS officer in BSSC job scam case (The Times of India, 8 Oct 2020)
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24 Feb 2017
Arrest · SIT, Patna Police
Commission chairman (IAS) arrested from Hazaribagh; secretary also arrested; chairman suspended.
per: Question leak: govt suspends former job panel chairman (The Times of India, 26 Feb 2017)
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20 Aug 2017
Charge sheet filed · SIT, Patna Police
Charge sheet filed (recorded in the Supreme Court's 2020 bail order).
per: SC grants bail to IAS officer in BSSC job scam case (The Times of India, 8 Oct 2020)
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6 Oct 2020
Bail granted · Supreme Court of India
Regular bail after ~3 years 7 months custody; conditions against influencing trial.
per: SC grants bail to IAS officer in BSSC job scam case (The Times of India, 8 Oct 2020)
What candidates got
| Outcome | Ordered by | Order date | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exam cancelled (full) | BSSC | 28 Feb 2017 | Inter-level exam cancelled; re-conducted years later. |
Sources on file
- Tier 2 · reported SC grants bail to IAS officer in BSSC job scam case — The Times of India · 8 Oct 2020 [archived]
- Tier 2 · reported Question leak: govt suspends former job panel chairman — The Times of India · 26 Feb 2017 [archived]
Status log
Every status this register has ever assigned to this case. Append-only.
| 8 Feb 2017 | ALLEGED | Allegations surfaced publicly. |
| 8 Feb 2017 | ALLEGED → FIR_REGISTERED | FIR after admit cards and documents were recovered from the commission secretary's residence. |
| 24 Feb 2017 | FIR_REGISTERED → ARRESTS_MADE | Commission chairman (IAS) arrested from Hazaribagh; secretary also arrested; chairman suspended. |
| 20 Aug 2017 | ARRESTS_MADE → CHARGESHEET_FILED | Charge sheet filed (recorded in the Supreme Court's 2020 bail order). |
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