Coalgate: Court rejects CBI closure report, summons ex-coal secretary HC Gupta, others
14 Oct 2014 5:58 AM IST
In a major setback for the CBI, a special court on Monday rejected the closure report of the probe agency and summoned the former coal secretary HC Gupta and others as accused in a coal blocks allocation scam case.
Special CBI judge Bharat Parashar took cognisance of the offences of criminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal breach of trust by public servant under the IPC and under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
‘I am taking cognisance for the offences under sections 120B, 420 and 409 of the IPC and also under sections 13(1) (d) and 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. I am summoning the accused,’ the judge said while adding that a separate order will follow.
The others who were summoned by the court are: The managing director of Kamal Sponge Steel and Power Ltd Pavan Ahluwalia and senior official Amit Goyal and two serving government officials in Madhya Pradesh. All of them including former coal secretary were asked to appear before it on 31 October.
The court directed the investigating officer (IO) to get the summons served to all the accused and also asked the IO to complete the documents to be given to the accused before the next date of hearing.
The court passed the order while rejecting the closure report filed by CBI in the case in which Kamal Sponge Steel and Power Ltd, its directors, Pavan, Kamaljeet Ahluwalia, Prashant Ahluwalia, Amit and some unknown government servants were named as accused for allegedly misrepresenting facts, including inflated net worth, to acquire coal blocks.
Special CBI judge Bharat Parashar took cognisance of the offences of criminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal breach of trust by public servant under the IPC and under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
‘I am taking cognisance for the offences under sections 120B, 420 and 409 of the IPC and also under sections 13(1) (d) and 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. I am summoning the accused,’ the judge said while adding that a separate order will follow.
The others who were summoned by the court are: The managing director of Kamal Sponge Steel and Power Ltd Pavan Ahluwalia and senior official Amit Goyal and two serving government officials in Madhya Pradesh. All of them including former coal secretary were asked to appear before it on 31 October.
The court directed the investigating officer (IO) to get the summons served to all the accused and also asked the IO to complete the documents to be given to the accused before the next date of hearing.
The court passed the order while rejecting the closure report filed by CBI in the case in which Kamal Sponge Steel and Power Ltd, its directors, Pavan, Kamaljeet Ahluwalia, Prashant Ahluwalia, Amit and some unknown government servants were named as accused for allegedly misrepresenting facts, including inflated net worth, to acquire coal blocks.
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