Special CBI Court Orders Framing Of Charges Against Naveen Jindal And 4 Others In Coal Block Allocation Case

NewDelhi (News Time Pro) :

A special CBI Court on Monday ordered for framing of charges against industrialist Naveen Jindal and four others in a case related to the allocation of a coal block in Madhya Pradesh.

The court was hearing a matter pertaining to the allocation of the Urtan North coal block in MP(Madhya Pradesh).

Special Judge Bharat Parashar Passed ordered framing of charges under sections 420 (cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC( Indian Penal Code )against Industrialist Naveen Jindal and 4 others , his firm Jindal Steel Pvt Ltd, DN Abrol Authorised Signatory, Vikrant Gujaral (Vice Chairman and CEO), Anand Goel (Joint MD) and Sushil Maroo (Director Finance) for alleged criminal conspiracy and cheating the Ministry of Coal, Government of India.It has put up the matter for July 25 for formally framing the charges against the accused.

According to the CBI charge sheet in this case, the accused had misrepresented facts in its January 2007 application before the Screening Committee, responsible for recommending coal block allocation, for obtaining the Madhya Pradesh coal block and hence cheated the Coal Ministry to get wrongful gains.

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