CWG graft case: Ex-official’s bail plea to be heard June 6
May 30th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, May 30 (IANS) A Delhi court hearing a corruption case related to the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) Monday deferred till June 6 the hearing on the bail plea of former Organising Committee (OC) official Surjeet Lal.
Special Judge Talwant Singh posted the matter related to the plea of Lal, former OC deputy director general (procurement), for June 6 after his counsel so pleaded.
The court May 26 heard the arguments on the bail pleas of former OC chief Suresh Kalmadi, listed as prime accused in the case, and former OC joint director general (sports) A.S.V. Prasad.
While arguing for bail, Kalmadi’s counsel Siddhartha Luthra raised questions over the role of Jarnail Singh, former OC CEO.
Dubbing Singh as an “absconder, Luthra said: “As the fulcrum of the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) case, the charge sheet has hinged on letters and correspondences of Singh… how was he not listed as a witness or approver in the case.”
The CBI May 20 filed its first charge sheet in the case against Kalmadi and 10 others, describing him as a prime accused and the mastermind in the corruption case related to financial irregularities in awarding a Rs.141-crore contract for timing, scoring and result (TSR) system for the Games.
All the 11 accused, including two companies, have been charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including section 120(B) (criminal conspiracy), section 420 (cheating), section 468 and 471 (forgery), and the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Kalmadi, Prasad and Lal were arrested April 26. They are all presently in Tihar Jail.
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