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Rs 14.25 lakh for an MD/MS seat, Rs 3 lakh on paper: Punjab and Haryana High Court refuses anticipatory bail to a Faridabad 'education consultant'
Postgraduate medical seats in India are allotted only through NEET-PG counselling run by the Medical Counselling Committee or the state authorities. Yet every season "education consultants" offer the idea that an MD or MS seat can be fixed for a price. In August 2026 the Punjab and Haryana High Court dealt with one such arrangement from Faridabad, and refused to treat it as an ordinary business dispute.
According to Live Law (17 August 2026), the FIR was registered at Faridabad Central police station after a father complained that three people who posed as educational consultants had promised his son an MD/MS seat at a reputed medical college. Medical Dialogues (19 August 2026) reported that the FIR was registered on 17 April 2026 under the cheating, criminal intimidation and conspiracy provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The complainant said he paid about Rs 14.25 lakh in instalments; the consultancy agreement provided for only Rs 3 lakh in registration and consultancy charges. About Rs 10 lakh allegedly went to the bank account of the petitioner's father and Rs 2.75 lakh to the petitioner's own account through Paytm. The accused allegedly asked for more money to "confirm" the seat and, when a refund was demanded, refused and threatened the complainant.
The petitioner, named by Live Law as Shahnaz Hussain, sought anticipatory bail, arguing that the money was paid under a consultancy arrangement and that the complainant had been told about stray vacancy counselling on 20 March 2025 but did not appear in time. Justice Virinder Aggarwal dismissed the plea. According to Medical Dialogues, the court held that the allegations "cannot be relegated to the realm of a mere inter se commercial or contractual dispute" and that the transfers "prima facie travel beyond the contours" of the consultancy arrangement. Live Law reported the court as saying such conduct, if proven, would "strike at the very foundation" of the admission process. Custodial interrogation could not be called unwarranted, the court said, and investigators should trace the money trail and the roles of others. It expressed no view on the merits.
A small written contract for "counselling" gives such an operation a legal face; here most of the money allegedly moved to a relative's account, outside the paperwork. The college was described only as "reputed", and the demand for more money came after the admission failed to appear.
No private person can allot a NEET-PG seat. Allotments appear only on the MCC or state counselling portal against the candidate's roll number. Pay fees only to the institution, after the allotment letter has been verified on the portal. If a consultant asks for money to confirm a seat, or wants transfers to a relative's account, stop and keep the receipts: they are evidence.
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