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2G: SC notice to Sanjay Chandra on CBI plea

PTI | By, New Delhi
Aug 02, 2013 12:31 PM IST

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the CBI's plea for cancellation of bail granted to Sanjay Chandra, MD of Unitech Ltd, in the 2G case for allegedly trying to "sabotage the trial" and issued a notice to him.

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the CBI's plea for cancellation of bail granted to Sanjay Chandra, MD of Unitech Ltd, in the 2G case for allegedly trying to "sabotage the trial" and issued a notice to him.


A bench headed by Justice GS Singhvi granted two weeks time to Chandra to file his response to the CBI's petition alleging that he had misused the relief given to him, by approaching the then CBI prosecutor AK Singh and trying to "materially interfere" with the prosecution in an "attempt to influence" the conduct and outcome of the trial.

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CBI has sought recall of the apex court's November 23, 2011 order by which he was granted bail.

It has alleged that conduct of Chandra was questionable during the period of bail as he was found holding discussion with the prosecutor about crucial witnesses.

"It is apparent the freedom granted to accused by means of enlargement from custody has been misused by him and that allowing him to continue unabated will be detrimental to the conduct of this trial and to the greater public interest," CBI has said in its application.

His conversation with the prosecutor, who was removed from the case, reflected that the entire strategy of CBI in dealing with the case was compromised, the agency has said.

CBI said it had registered a Preliminary Enquiry report which named Chandra and prosecutor Singh.

The investigation also suggested that the conversation took place between the two when the statement of crucial witness AK Srivastava, Department of Telecom's former Deputy Director General was being recorded in the court.

The agency has also stated that the CFSL report further confirmed that the recorded conversation was neither tampered with, nor edited, and the voices belonged to Chandra and Singh.

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