{"id":57373,"date":"2019-08-30T11:30:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T06:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=57373"},"modified":"2019-08-30T11:30:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T06:00:38","slug":"coal-scam-special-central-bureau-investigation-court-acquits-former-coal-secretary-gupta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-special-central-bureau-investigation-court-acquits-former-coal-secretary-gupta","title":{"rendered":"Coal scam: Special Central Bureau Investigation Court acquits former Coal Secretary Gupta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/download-6-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" data-attachment-id=\"57374\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-special-central-bureau-investigation-court-acquits-former-coal-secretary-gupta\/download-6-9\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/download-6-1.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"275,183\" 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=\"download (6)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/download-6-1.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-57374\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/download-6-1.jpg?resize=275%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/download-6-1.jpg?w=275&amp;ssl=1 275w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/download-6-1.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a>On Thursday, a\u00a0special CBI Court acquitted Ex-Coal Secretary HC Gupta &amp; a Delhi-based firm Pushp Steel &amp; Mining Pvt Ltd (PSMPL) in an alleged coal scam case pertaining to the allocation of &#8216;Brahmapuri coal block&#8217; situated in Madhya Pradesh.<br \/>\nSpecial CBI judge Bharat Parashar while passing Judgement clearly mentioned that prosecution has been miserably failed in proving any of the charges &#8212; either for the offence of criminal conspiracy under Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) or for the offence of criminal misconduct, the offence of criminal breach of trust by a public servant under Section 409 of the IPC.<br \/>\n&#8220;So, I hereby acquit both accused &#8212; PSMPL &amp; Gupta &#8212; in the present case of all offences,&#8221; the judge said.<br \/>\nAdvocate Rajat Mathur, appearing for accused Gupta, had denied the allegations &amp; had claimed that the case of the CBI was false.<br \/>\nThe probe agency had alleged that the company got a mining lease on the basis of a recommendation from the State Govt. despite having no experience &amp; lacking enough capital required for starting mining operations.<br \/>\nThe company was allotted Brahmapuri coal block on the recommendation by the Screening Committee for its proposed Sponge Iron End-Use Project.<br \/>\nGupta, who was the Coal Secretary from Dec 31, 2005 to Nov 2008, &amp; PSMPL.<\/p>\n<p>The allocation of Brahmapuri coal block was done on the basis of allegedly false information that the firm possessed an iron ore mining lease when it had none, CBI claimed.<\/p>\n<p>It had said, &#8220;It was further alleged the company did not have any experience in steel manufacturing &amp; the net worth of the group companies was around Rs 3.01 crores, which was insignificant&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, a\u00a0special CBI Court acquitted Ex-Coal Secretary HC Gupta &amp; a Delhi-based firm Pushp Steel &amp; Mining Pvt Ltd (PSMPL) in an alleged coal scam case pertaining to the allocation of &#8216;Brahmapuri coal block&#8217; situated in Madhya Pradesh. 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