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INX Media: Court reserves order on bail of six bureaucrats
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SME Times News Bureau | 18 Feb, 2020
A Delhi court on Tuesday reserved for Wednesday its order on regular
bail application moved by six bureaucrats who were part of the Foreign
Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) panel which granted approval to INX
Media, in the case involving former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar reserved the order for Wednesday 3 p.m. after hearing prosecution and defence.
The
bureaucrats are currently out on bail in the case. The interim bail is a
temporary bail for a period in which the court can ask for documents to
be presented which are required to make a final decision on the bail
application.
The six bureaucrats are - Ajeet Kumar Dungdung, then
section officer of FIPB unit, Ministry of Finance; Rabindra Prasad,
then under secretary FIPB unit, Ministry of Finance; Pradeep Kumar
Bagga, then OSD, Department of Economic Affairs, Finance Ministry;
Prabodh Saxena, Director, FIPB Unit, Finance Ministry; Anup K Pujari,
then Joint Secretary (Foreign Trade) Department of Economic Affairs; and
Sindhushree Khullar, then Additional Secretary Department of Economic
Affairs.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had filed the
chargesheet against 14 accused -- P. Chidambaram, Karti Chidambaram, his
accountant S. Bhaskaran, former INX Media director Peter Mukerjea, INX
Media, INX News, Chess Management Services, ASCPL and six bureaucrats.
The
accused have been charged under various sections of the Indian Penal
Code (IPC), including for criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery and for
taking gratification and criminal misconduct under the Prevention of
Corruption Act.
In August, P. Chidambaram was arrested by the CBI
for alleged irregularities in the Rs 305 crore FIPB clearance to INX
Media in 2007 when he was the Finance Minister. He was later let out on
bail.
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