Railgate: Bansal seeks exemption on health ground
18 Sept 2014 5:21 AM IST
Former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, who was summoned as a witness in the Rs 10 crore cash-for-post railway bribery case, on Tuesday sought exemption from personal appearance on health grounds before a special court.
Bansal’s lawyer Puneet Ahluwalia moved an application before Special CBI Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma saying that the Congress leader is suffering from viral fever and would appear before the court on the next date.
‘He (Bansal) is suffering from viral fever. He will appear whenever the court directs him to come,’ he said.
The court, however, said that it would hear the application at 11.30 AM, as it will record statement of one other CBI witness, who has appeared before it. Bansal, who resigned as Railway Minister after the case came to light, was named as a prosecution witness in the case in which his nephew is one of the accused .
Bansal’s lawyer Puneet Ahluwalia moved an application before Special CBI Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma saying that the Congress leader is suffering from viral fever and would appear before the court on the next date.
‘He (Bansal) is suffering from viral fever. He will appear whenever the court directs him to come,’ he said.
The court, however, said that it would hear the application at 11.30 AM, as it will record statement of one other CBI witness, who has appeared before it. Bansal, who resigned as Railway Minister after the case came to light, was named as a prosecution witness in the case in which his nephew is one of the accused .
Next Story
