2G case: Court to pass order on CBI’s plea today
20 Nov 2014 4:29 AM IST
Special CBI Judge OP Saini, who was scheduled to pass the order on Tuesday, said ‘the order is not ready’ and that it will be pronounced on Wednesday. The court had on 11 November reserved its order for on Tuesday after hearing arguments on the plea which was opposed by former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others who are facing trial in the case.
While Raja and Kanimozhi had questioned the legality of CBI plea at the fag end of trial, some of the other co-accused had argued that the agency’s intentions were malafide and it was delaying the trial as the evidence in the case has already been closed. Special Public Prosecutor Anand Grover had argued that under provision of the CrPC even after closing of evidence in a case, an application for summoning material witnesses was maintainable.
He had submitted that at this stage, the witnesses and documents which the agency wished to call were relevant and he would complete recording of evidence of these five witnesses in a week. CBI had moved the plea seeking court’s permission to summon some prosecution witnesses and to place additional documents on record, saying they were necessary to arrive at the truth.
While Raja and Kanimozhi had questioned the legality of CBI plea at the fag end of trial, some of the other co-accused had argued that the agency’s intentions were malafide and it was delaying the trial as the evidence in the case has already been closed. Special Public Prosecutor Anand Grover had argued that under provision of the CrPC even after closing of evidence in a case, an application for summoning material witnesses was maintainable.
He had submitted that at this stage, the witnesses and documents which the agency wished to call were relevant and he would complete recording of evidence of these five witnesses in a week. CBI had moved the plea seeking court’s permission to summon some prosecution witnesses and to place additional documents on record, saying they were necessary to arrive at the truth.
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