Graft case: Court frames charges against ex-BCI official, others

Five persons, including a former vice-chairman and an ex-member of Bar Council of India (BCI), have been put on trial by a Delhi court in an alleged graft case. 

Special CBI Judge Manoj Kumar Nagpal framed charges against former BCI vice-chairman Raju Dhanpal Raj, its ex- member Rajinder Singh Rana and three others, saying that prima facie various offences including, cheating, criminal conspiracy of the IPC and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act were made out against them.

They are accused of giving favourable inspection report regarding a college in Rohtak after accepting bribe.

The court framed the charges after Raj and Rana, Ram Bharose Goel, president of Vaish Education Society, its member and college's then principal Ajay Singhania and Subhash Gupta pleaded not guilty and claimed trial. The five accused are currently out on bail. It fixed the case for January 14 for recording of prosecution evidence and asked the CBI prosecutor to move an application for summoning witnesses for the next date.