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KOCHI, APRIL 5. The Kerala High Court today adjourned to April 8 hearing on an anticipatory bail petition filed by Rajan V. Chacko , manager, Viswanathan Printing Press and Publishing Private Ltd., Chennai, and his wife, Annamma Chacko, alias Geetha. The petition was adjourned by Justice K. Padmanabhan Nair. According to the petitioner, the press had specialised in the printing of confidential question papers for various universities and institutions for the last 40 years. The press had the equipment and technology to print question papers in strict secrecy. No person knew about the printing of the question papers.
Printing secrets
The petitioner said that only persons like Secretary to the Commissioner of Government Examination and the Commissioner knew about the printing of question papers. In order to hide the identity of the press, code name was being used by the press while communicating with the Government. The petitioners said that a real person's name was given as code name. The code name in 2001 was ``Mani'' while printing question papers for 2005, the code name was "Ms. Geetha". Incidentally, the name, Geetha, was the pet name of the wife of Mr. Chacko. In fact, Annamma Chacko had nothing to do with the printing of the question papers except that the code name happened to be the pet name of Ms. Annamma. The petitioners said that utmost care was taken while recruiting staff in the press. Except type-setting and proof-reading, other works were being handled by less literate persons. The petitioners pointed out that they were interrogated by the Crime Branch, which is investigating the SSLC question paper leak. They had handed over all the documents, including the complete details of the staff of the press during the interrogation, which lasted five hours. The police had also searched the press and they could not come across any incriminating material from the press. Moreover, no evidence could be collected implicating the petitioners in the question paper leak case. The police had now threatened arrest.
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