{"id":9326,"date":"2011-03-04T21:57:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T16:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=9326"},"modified":"2011-03-04T21:57:46","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T16:27:46","slug":"court-accepts-cbi-closure-report-in-bofors-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-accepts-cbi-closure-report-in-bofors-case","title":{"rendered":"Court accepts CBI closure report in Bofors case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/CBI.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9327\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-accepts-cbi-closure-report-in-bofors-case\/cbi-5\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/03\/CBI.jpg?fit=240%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"240,199\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"CBI\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/03\/CBI.jpg?fit=150%2C124&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/03\/CBI.jpg?fit=240%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9327\" title=\"CBI\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/CBI.jpg?resize=240%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/03\/CBI.jpg?w=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/03\/CBI.jpg?resize=150%2C124&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>Delhi court today allowed a CBI plea seeking withdrawal of prosecution against elusive Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the two-decade-old Bofors payoff case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The application of the CBI is allowed,&#8221; Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the logical conclusion of a case is not possible then it is better to leave the issue,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How long we will spend through our nose the hard- earned money of the aam-aadmi&#8221; in pursuing the case, the judge said while referring to the amount of over Rs 200 crore already spent in the investigations.<\/p>\n<p>The CMM while passing the order said that the CBI did not go into the merits of the case while advocate Ajay Agrawal opposed CBI&#8217;s plea on merits.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the locus standi of Agrawal in this case, the CMM said, he &#8216;doesn&#8217;t have any locus standi in this case&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The CMM said that he had also gone into the aspect of larger public interest as raised by Agrawal. 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