{"id":46279,"date":"2016-12-22T09:10:01","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T03:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=46279"},"modified":"2016-12-22T09:10:01","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T03:40:01","slug":"ex-coal-secretary-others-put-trial-coal-scam-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ex-coal-secretary-others-put-trial-coal-scam-case","title":{"rendered":"Ex-coal secretary, others put on trial in coal scam case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_45590\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45590\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45590\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-hear-javadekars-plea-nov-5\/coal-scam-4\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/coal-scam.jpg?fit=240%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"240,180\" 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\/2016\/11\/coal-scam.jpg?fit=240%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-45590 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/coal-scam.jpg?resize=240%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ex-coal secretary, others put on trial in coal scam case\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/coal-scam.jpg?w=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/coal-scam.jpg?resize=133%2C100&amp;ssl=1 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ex-coal secretary, others put on trial in coal scam case<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta, facing prosecution in coal scam cases, was today put on trial by a special court along with four others including two public servants for alleged offences of cheating and criminal conspiracy in the JICPL case.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Gupta, Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar also framed charges against senior public servants K S Kropha and K C Samria, JAS Infrastructure Capital Pvt Ltd (JICPL) and its Director Manoj Kumar Jayaswal for the alleged irregularities in the allotment of &#8216;Mahuagarhi Coal Block&#8217; in Jharkhand to a private firm.<\/p>\n<p>After the charges were framed, the accused pleaded not guilty and claimed trial in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The court has put up the matter for further hearing on April 17, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>While ordering to put the accused on trial, the court had on December 7, said, &#8220;The facts of the present case prima facie show that accused H C Gupta, K S Kropha and K C Samria entered into a criminal conspiracy with company M\/s JICPL and its director Manoj Kumar Jayaswal so as to procure allotment of a coal block in favour of M\/s JICPL&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The acts alleged against the accused public servants Gupta, Kropha and Samria are such that if questioned they cannot claim that they were acting in discharge of their official duties,&#8221; the court had said.<\/p>\n<p>In a surprising move, the former Coal Secretary had on August 16, told the court that he intended to &#8220;face trial from inside the jail&#8221; and withdraw his personal bond to secure bail due to financial issues. However, he later withdrew his plea.<\/p>\n<p>The court said prima facie charges for alleged offences under sections 420 (cheating), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC and under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act are made out against the accused.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta, facing prosecution in coal scam cases, was today put on trial by a special court along with four others including two public servants for alleged offences of cheating and criminal conspiracy in the JICPL case. 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