{"id":39443,"date":"2015-10-14T07:03:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T07:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=39443"},"modified":"2015-10-14T07:03:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T07:03:58","slug":"coalscamcourt-frames-charges-against-ex-coal-secy-5-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalscamcourt-frames-charges-against-ex-coal-secy-5-others","title":{"rendered":"Coalscam:Court frames charges against ex-coal secy, 5 others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/coal-scam.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"292\" height=\"173\" data-attachment-id=\"39446\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalscamcourt-frames-charges-against-ex-coal-secy-5-others\/coal-scam-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/coal-scam.png?fit=292%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"292,173\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"coal scam\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/coal-scam.png?fit=292%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39446\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/coal-scam.png?resize=292%2C173&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"coal scam\" \/><\/a>A special court today framed charges against former coal secretary H C Gupta and five others in a coal scam case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of a coal block in Madhya Pradesh to an accused firm.<\/p>\n<p>Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar put the six on trial for alleged offences under section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) read with 420 (cheating), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant) of IPC and under relevant provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Gupta, the court framed charges against two senior public servants, K S Kropha and K C Samria, firm Kamal Sponge Steel and Power Ltd (KSSPL), its managing director Pawan Kumar Ahluwalia and chartered accountant Amit Goyal.<\/p>\n<p>Kropha was the then Joint Secretary in Ministry of Coal, while Samria was the then Director (Coal Allocation-I) section in the ministry. The court has now fixed the matter October 28 for admission\/denial of documents by accused, filed in the case by CBI.<\/p>\n<p>The court had on October 1 ordered framing of charges against these accused observing that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was kept in the &#8220;dark&#8221; by Gupta, who had prima facie violated the law and the trust imposed on him on the issue of coal block allocation.<\/p>\n<p>The case pertains to alleged irregularities in allocation of Thesgora-B Rudrapuri coal block in Madhya Pradesh to KSSPL. The court on October 13 last year had summoned them as accused after refusing to accept CBI&#8217;s closure report. The accused were earlier granted bail by the court.<\/p>\n<p>CBI had lodged an FIR against KSSPL, its officials and other unknown persons for alleged misrepresentation of facts, including inflated net worth, to acquire the coal block.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special court today framed charges against former coal secretary H C Gupta and five others in a coal scam case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of a coal block in Madhya Pradesh to an accused firm. 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