{"id":33580,"date":"2014-06-04T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=33580"},"modified":"2014-06-04T12:25:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T06:55:00","slug":"2g-shahid-balwa-wants-depose-witness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/2g-shahid-balwa-wants-depose-witness","title":{"rendered":"2G: Shahid Balwa wants to depose as witness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/raja-balwas-cbi-custody-extended\/shahid-balwa\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8892\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8892\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/raja-balwas-cbi-custody-extended\/shahid-balwa\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/Shahid-Balwa.jpg?fit=268%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"268,188\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shahid Balwa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/Shahid-Balwa.jpg?fit=150%2C105&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/Shahid-Balwa.jpg?fit=268%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8892 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Shahid-Balwa.jpg?resize=268%2C188&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shahid Balwa\" width=\"268\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/Shahid-Balwa.jpg?w=268&amp;ssl=1 268w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/Shahid-Balwa.jpg?resize=150%2C105&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a>Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, one of the accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case, today told a Delhi court that he wanted to depose as a witness to defend himself in the ongoing trial. Balwa&#8217;s counsel Vijay Aggarwal told Special CBI Judge O P Saini that his client wished to depose as a witness in the case in which the court is scheduled to commence the recording of statements of defence witnesses from July 1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He (Shahid Balwa) wants to examine himself,&#8221; Aggarwal told the court after which the judge asked CBI whether it has any objection to it.<\/p>\n<p>CBI&#8217;s prosecutor K K Goel replied &#8220;this is his (Balwa&#8217;s) right.&#8221; Balwa&#8217;s counsel initially told the court that he wanted to bring six witnesses in his defence but later he said he would be one of them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Defence is my right. They (CBI) have produced 153 witnesses and I am only seeking to summon 5-6 witnesses in my defence,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also said co-accused, Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal, who are Directors of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd, were seeking permission to examine a total of five witnesses only in their defence in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding ex-Telecom Minister A Raja&#8217;s erstwhile private secretary R K Chandolia, also an accused in the case, Aggarwal told the court that he was only summoning some documents in his defence.<\/p>\n<p>The court, after hearing the arguments, reserved its order for tomorrow on the issue of calling defence witnesses and documents as sought by these accused.<\/p>\n<p>The court had earlier allowed Raja&#8217;s plea seeking to depose as a witness to defend himself in the ongoing trial. The court had also allowed the pleas filed by former Telecom Secretary Siddhartha Behura, Unitech Ltd MD Sanjay Chandra, Reliance ADAG executives Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair, Bollywood producer Karim Morani, Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar and accused firm Unitech Wireless (Tamil Nadu) Pvt Ltd seeking to summon some witnesses in their defence in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Besides these accused, Kanimozhi, Reliance ADAG executive Gautam Doshi, Swan Telecom promoter Vinod Goenka, Reliance Telecom Ltd and Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd had said they do not wish to lead any evidence in their defence.<\/p>\n<p>Besides these 14 accused, three telecom firms Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd, Reliance Telecom Ltd and Unitech Wireless (Tamil Nadu) Pvt Ltd are also facing trial in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The court had on October 22, 2011 framed charges against them under various provisions of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act dealing with offences of criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery, faking documents, abusing official position, criminal misconduct by public servant and taking bribe. The offences entail punishment ranging from six months in jail to life imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, one of the accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case, today told a Delhi court that he wanted to depose as a witness to defend himself in the ongoing trial. 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