NEW DELHI, Apr 16: A special court today fixed May 1 to consider the CBI’s supplementary report filed in a coal blocks allocation case allegedly involving Vikash Metal and Power Limited (VMPL) and others.
During the hearing, the court sought some clarifications from the investigating officer regarding the further probe conducted by the agency in the case.
“Certain further clarifications sought. Put up for consideration on supplementary final report on May 1,” Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar said.
The final report was filed by the agency on April 7 in pursuance to court’s order of October 15 last year refusing to accept the CBI’s closure report and directing it to further probe the case.
The case pertains to alleged irregularities in allocation of Moira and Madhujore (North and South) coal blocks in West Bengal to VMPL.
The agency on March 10 had informed the court that it had received the approval of competent authority on its final report of further probe into the case.
The court had earlier directed CBI to expeditiously submit the final report on its further probe into the case allegedly involving VMPL and its officials in which they are accused of making false claims relating to land allocation to get undue advantage in the coal block allocation.
The FIR in the case was registered in September 2012.
CBI, however, had later filed a closure report saying that charges against VMPL or its directors or even against public servants could not be substantiated during the probe.
The court, in its October 15 last year’s order, had noted that it would have taken cognisance of offences of criminal conspiracy and cheating against the firm and its directors or others involved, but investigation into the alleged roles of officers of the Coal Ministry and other public servants in the entire process was required to be further carried out.
The FIR was registered against VMPL, its directors, including Vimal Patni, Vikash Patni and Anand Patni, and Anand Mallick who was the authorised signatory for the company.
They were booked for alleged offences under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 420 (cheating) of the IPC.
CBI, in its FIR, had said that VMPL had wrongly claimed it had been allocated 300 acres of land in Begusarai in Bihar by the Bihar Area Development Authority.
The agency had found that the land was de-allocated and directors of the firm had failed to inform the screening committee members about it, it had said. (PTI)
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