The Minister said no action has been taken against any officer regarding dereliction of duty in connection with any delay in investigation of coal cases
AAP leader Ashutosh said CBI is not an independent agency and works on the direction of the Central govt
The court has also asked CBI to file a report on its further investigation and posted the matter for next hearing on August 10
Similar charges against ex-Jharkhand CM Koda & former coal secy H C Gupta
It said deed of agreement to sell and project profile report prepared by MECON Ltd does not amount to making of false document
It further observed that the Rungtas induced the screening committee and the Coal Ministry into believing that their representations were true
The case pertains to irregularities in allocation of North Dhadu coal block to JIPL and three other firms
Jharkhand Ispat Pvt Ltd and its two directors are facing trial in a case of allotment of a coal block in Jharkhand
JIPL directors R S Rungta, R C Rungta are accused of acquiring coal block allegedly on false basis, forged documents
The court noted that the process of scrutiny of documents was complete
Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar said that the order is not ready yet as he was busy with other official work
The special CBI court has fixed the matter for recording prosecution evidence on March 30.
Besides Ray, two senior officials of the MoC at that time, Pradip Kumar Banerjee and Nitya Nand Gautam were also granted bail
The special court on December 16 last year had refused to accept CBI's closure report in the case and directed it to further probe the matter and examine Singh, who was also holding coal portfolio at that time, and other PMO officials