R G Kar corruption case: Charge hearing today; former principal Ghosh, 2 others seek exemption from case

In the court, Ghosh’s counsel Joseph Rauf has alleged that the CBI did not cooperate, stating that his squad received implicit 15,000 pages of escaped documents connected Saturday, but did not person entree to the Presidency Correctional Home connected Sunday to sermon them with Ghosh.

“On Saturday copies were supplied to america but we had nary entree to the Presidency correctional location connected Sunday. On Monday, aft my lawsuit got the papers successful the evening, we did not get immoderate instructions arsenic helium did not get clip to spell done the voluminous documents. We request capable clip to spell done the documents and inspect the un-relied documents. I request clip to get instructions from my client. From the inception of the lawsuit the CBI has not cooperated, we volition besides not cooperate.”

The counsels for the different accused besides made akin submissions with respect to seeking clip for going done the voluminous documents.

Senior counsel Sabyasachi Banerjee, representing accused Suman Hazra, requested much clip from the tribunal to reappraisal the extended documents provided by the CBI, totaling implicit 15,000 escaped sheets. Banerjee argued that the sheer measurement of documents necessitates further clip for thorough examination. “The full acceptable determination were 15,000 x 2 papers fixed without transverse notation index. Lose sheets fixed to us. How tin we combat this case? We privation a just trial,” helium said.

Banerjee further submitted, “In the main lawsuit the consequent chargesheet person not been filed. We consciousness helpless to assistance the court. Electronic documents person not been provided to us. Ajmal Kasab had got a just trial, if helium tin get a just proceedings truthful tin I. How tin we reason for charge-framing erstwhile we person nary clarity connected the documents. Ask them (CBI) to springiness a database of documents.”

Countering the objections, the CBI’s nationalist authoritative stated that the prosecution has provided copies of the documents to each accused parties wrong the timeline acceptable by the High Court. The authoritative argued that determination is nary ineligible request for the documents to beryllium paginated oregon indexed, and that the chargesheet itself contains a notation index.

The authoritative clarified that each papers is numbered successful accordance with the scale provided successful the chargesheet, ensuring that the defence has entree to the indispensable information.

After proceeding each the sides the Judge of the peculiar CBI tribunal observed, “This tribunal feels that owed to circumstantial bid of Calcutta High Court directing this tribunal to framework complaint successful 7 days shall beryllium complied with, truthful astatine this signifier petitions filed connected behalf of the accused persons for hold of clip to record petition for discharge is not basal rejected.”

Following this, Ghosh on with co-accused Singh and Ali, filed a discharge petition successful court, seeking to beryllium exempted from the charges leveled against them successful the fiscal irregularities case.

Last week Thursday, the proceedings tribunal had pulled up the CBI for not informing the proceedings tribunal astir the West Bengal government’s giving authorisation to prosecute Dr Ghosh and Pandey successful the corruption case, and ordered the cardinal bureau to taxable successful penning the crushed wherefore it failed to bash so. The tribunal had besides directed the probe bureau to bring each evidence, including physics evidence, to the tribunal and manus implicit copies of the documents to each the accused truthful that the charges could beryllium framed and the proceedings could statesman soon.

On Friday the Calcutta High Court had rejected a plea by Sandip Ghosh for much clip earlier charges are framed against him successful the case.

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