The CBI on Thursday filed the case diary and crime files in a sealed cover in a coal blocks allocation case related to Hindalco before a special court, complying with its order.<\/p>\n
The court has now fixed the matter for consideration of the CBI\u2019s closure report filed in the case for December 12.<\/p>\n
Two days after the court had directed it to furnish the case diary of the matter, the CBI submitted two bundles of documents in a sealed cover before the court.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn compliance of the court\u2019s order, we are filing the crime folder as well as the case diary,\u201d senior Public Prosecutor V.K. Sharma told special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar.<\/p>\n
The judge said, \u201cIO (Investigating officer) states that he has brought both the case diary and crime files in a sealed cover. He is further being told to assist the court in looking into the relevant papers. The matter is now adjourned for consideration on December 12.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the brief hearing, the court said if there is still any clarification to be sought in the matter, it will ask the agency and then pass order on the closure report.<\/p>\n
The court was hearing a case in which an FIR was lodged against industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, ex-Coal Secretary P.C. Parakh and others relating to allocation of Talabira II and III coal blocks in Odisha in 2005 to Hindalco. The CBI had later on filed closure report in the case.<\/p>\n
During the hearing on November 25, the CBI had come in for some tough questioning from the court which had asked why the agency did not question former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who was also holding the Coal portfolio between 2005 and 2009.<\/p>\n
The court\u2019s observations had came after the CBI submitted that though initially it felt Singh\u2019s examination was required, later it was found to be not necessary.<\/p>\n
At the end of the hearing, the court had summoned the case diary and crime files in a sealed cover and had posted the matter for on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Dr. Singh was holding the coal portfolio when Mr. Birla\u2019s firm Hindalco was allocated coal blocks in Orissa\u2019s Talabira II & III in 2005.<\/p>\n
The FIR against Mr. Birla, Mr. Parakh and others was registered in October 2013 by the CBI which had alleged that Mr. Parakh had reversed his decision to reject coal block allocation to Birla\u2019s firm Hindalco within months \u201cwithout any valid basis or change in circumstances\u201d and shown \u201cundue favours\u201d.<\/p>\n
The CBI had booked Mr. Birla, Mr. Parakh and other Hindalco officials under various IPC sections, including criminal conspiracy and criminal misconduct on part of government officials.<\/p>\n
Earlier on November 10, the CBI had told the court that there was \u201cprima facie enough material\u201d to proceed against some private parties and public servants in the case.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court-appointed special public prosecutor (SPP) R.S. Cheema for the CBI had submitted before the judge that the court can take cognisance of the offences mentioned in the closure report as there was prima facie \u201cevidence against the accused to show their involvement\u201d.<\/p>\n
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