Court summons Domco Pvt Ltd, six others as accused

A Ranchi-based company, its three directors and three others have been summoned as accused by a special court in a coal scam case for allegedly misrepresenting facts to bag a Jharkhand coal block.

The court took cognizance of the charge sheet filed by CBI in the case and summoned the company M/S Domco Pvt Ltd, its three directors Binay Prakash, Vasant Diwakar Manjrekar and Parmananda Mondal, chartered accountants Manoj Kumar Gupta and Sanjay Khandelwal and one Shukdeo Prasad for alleged offences of cheating and criminal conspiracy under the IPC.

The accused have been directed to appear before the court on February 10.

"I am of the considered opinion that prima facie there is sufficient incriminating evidence on record warranting summoning of all the seven accused namely M/S Domco Pvt Ltd (earlier known M/s Domco Somkeless Fuels Pvt Ltd), Binay Prakash, Vasant Diwakar Manjrekar, Parmananda Mondal, Shukdeo Prasad, Manoj Kumar Gupta and Sanjay Khandelwal for offences under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 420 (cheating) IPC and also for the substantive offences thereof," Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar said.