Court pulls up CBI for incomplete information to Jagdish Tytler’s plea
24 July 2014 12:15 AM GMT
A Special CBI court on Wednesday rapped the premier investigative agency for filing incomplete reply in a case in which senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in connivance with a businessman Abhishek Verma had allegedly misused letter pad of the then Union minister Ajay Maken to get undue benefit from Prime Minister Office (PMO).
Special CBI Judge VK Gupta irked on Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) when the agency has filed a reply on a plea of Tytler who had sought documents related to the case. CBI prosecutor told the court that the required documents are not available as they have been filed in a sealed cover before another court here in connection with a separate case lodged.
The court while pulling up the investigating agency said that it will now start imposing cost on CBI. ‘Why you (CBI) have not written it (regarding filing of documents in sealed cover in another court) in your reply? It should be specific in the reply,’ said the judge.
The court also said that the said reply is incomplete and not clear. ‘No such documents in sealed cover have been filed before this court,’ said the court. The defence counsel said CBI should file a fresh reply to Tytler’s plea.
The court while fixing the matter for 5 August asked CBI to file a reply and clear the position as regard the documents filed in sealed cover. ‘Reply to the application under section 207 CrPC filed,’ said the court.
Former Minister of State for Home Ajay Maken has filed a complain against Tytler, on which CBI chargsheeted and alleged him as ‘actively connived’ with Verma to cheat a Chinese telecom firm, seeking ease of business visa norms in 2009.
The forged letter on Maken’s letterhead was written to the prime minister by Verma. The court on 6 September last year had taken cognisance of CBI’s chargesheet.
Special CBI Judge VK Gupta irked on Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) when the agency has filed a reply on a plea of Tytler who had sought documents related to the case. CBI prosecutor told the court that the required documents are not available as they have been filed in a sealed cover before another court here in connection with a separate case lodged.
The court while pulling up the investigating agency said that it will now start imposing cost on CBI. ‘Why you (CBI) have not written it (regarding filing of documents in sealed cover in another court) in your reply? It should be specific in the reply,’ said the judge.
The court also said that the said reply is incomplete and not clear. ‘No such documents in sealed cover have been filed before this court,’ said the court. The defence counsel said CBI should file a fresh reply to Tytler’s plea.
The court while fixing the matter for 5 August asked CBI to file a reply and clear the position as regard the documents filed in sealed cover. ‘Reply to the application under section 207 CrPC filed,’ said the court.
Former Minister of State for Home Ajay Maken has filed a complain against Tytler, on which CBI chargsheeted and alleged him as ‘actively connived’ with Verma to cheat a Chinese telecom firm, seeking ease of business visa norms in 2009.
The forged letter on Maken’s letterhead was written to the prime minister by Verma. The court on 6 September last year had taken cognisance of CBI’s chargesheet.
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