Scared of failing their final examinations, three school boys decided they would resort to stealing the question paper along with some answer sheets from their school and later swap the answer sheets the next day in the examination hall. Police caught up with them after the principal registered a case the next day and a friend told on them.

Confident that they would fail in the examination on Monday, three Std IX students broke into their school on Sunday and stole the question paper and answer sheets. They had planned to write the answers at home and swap the answer books in the exam hall the next day. Illustrations/Amit Bandre