The 2 G spectrum case has took a new diversion with a Delhi court framing charges against all the 17 accused including the former Telecom Minister A Raja and DMK leader Kanimozhi.
Special Judge O P Saini also ordered that the trial of the case will begin from November 11 with all the accused refusing to plead guilty to the said offences.
The judge in his 700 pages order said that the accused is charged under Sections 120 B (criminal conspiracy) read with 409 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating), 468 and 471 (forgery) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 7 and 11 read together with Section 12 and 13 (2) and 13(1b) of the Prevention Corruption Act.
While framing charges, the judge observed that there is evidence against A Raja, his former secretary R K Chandoli and former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura.
The accused can now move for bail as observed by Supreme Court during the hearing of the bail petition of Kanimozhi.
The judge also added that evidence is there for framing of charges against Reliance Telcom Ltd, Swam Telecom Ltd and Unitech Wireless Ltd.
He also said that evidence has been brought by the CBI against the executives of all the corporations who were involved in this case.
The judge said that there was prima facie evidence against Kalaignar TV's MD Sharad Kumar and Bollywood filmmaker Karim Morani.
The court found prime facie evidence against all the above stated offences and against all the above mentioned officials.
The court had reserved its order on Ocober 14 after hearing day-to-day arguments on behalf of the accused and CBI for nearly two months.
The court in its first chargesheet dated April 2, had charged Raja and others for causing a loss of Rs.30,984 crore to the exchequer by allocating spectrum to ineligible operators as a criminal conspiracy among themselves.
Special CBI Prosecutor U U Lalit had argued that there was prima facie evidence against all the accused to proceed with the trial as all of them was part of a conspiracy and the intent to commit the offence may be inferred from their knowledge.
On th other hand, all the accused including Raja had opposed the framing of charges and the plea of CBI that they caused loss to the state in the grant of spectrum licence.
News reported by AR for Newsvision newspaper
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