The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea of corporate honchos Asif Balwa and Rajiv B Aggarwal, accused in the 2G scam case, that the officer investigating the case be barred from attending their trial.
Justice M.L. Mehta while dismissing the petition said that he will fail to appreciate as to how any witness would be in a fear or under pressure of investigating officer in the court room.
The court observed that the mere presence of the investigating officer in the court room at the time of recording of statement of witnesses would not be a ground to say that the trial will be unfair.
The duo had moved the Delhi High Court demanding that the CBI investigating officer would be barred from attending the trial as the officer, himself as a witness in the case, could not remain present in the court when the statements of other witnesses were being recorded.
Advocate Vijay Aggarwal, appearing for the petitioners had argued that during the trial, the investigating officer, himself as a witness in the case, cannot remain present in the court when the statements of other witnesses being recorded.
Earlier, the CBI Special Court had also rejected this argument.
The CBI has charged the two business tycoons of routing Rs. 200 crore as bribe to Kalaignar TV, in which DMK MP Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar, both co-accused in the 2G scam, and DMK Chief M Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal 60% stake.
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