{"id":46879,"date":"2017-02-07T08:09:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T02:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=46879"},"modified":"2017-02-07T08:09:57","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T02:39:57","slug":"coal-scam-court-grants-bail-ex-coal-secretary-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-grants-bail-ex-coal-secretary-others","title":{"rendered":"Coal scam: Court grants bail to ex-Coal Secretary, others"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_45590\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45590\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/coal-scam.jpg?ssl=1\"><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-medium-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-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=\"Coal scam: Court grants bail to ex-Coal Secretary, others\" 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\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coal scam: Court grants bail to ex-Coal Secretary, others<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta was today granted bail by a special court here in connection with a case related to alleged irregularities in allocation of a Chhattisgarh-based coal block to SKS Ispat and Power Ltd (SIPL).<\/p>\n<p>Besides Gupta, who is already facing prosecution in over seven cases related to the coal scam, the court also granted the relief to senior public servant K S Kropha, firm&#8217;s two directors Anil Gupta and Deepak Gupta, and three others &#8212; Amit Singh, Rakesh Singh and Jagan Nath Panda &#8212; in the case<\/p>\n<p>All the seven accused persons were granted the bail on a personal bond of Rs one lakh and one surety of like amount.<\/p>\n<p>The accused persons and the firm were summoned by the court for allegedly misrepresenting the facts before the Screening Committee in relation to the land and net worth of company.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta was today granted bail by a special court here in connection with a case related to alleged irregularities in allocation of a Chhattisgarh-based coal block to SKS Ispat and Power Ltd (SIPL). 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