Special Judge Parashar, who is exclusively looking at the cases involving the coal scam expressed his surprise upon reading the list of charges against Rungta.
Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar expressed his displeasure with Ramesh Gupta and Dinesh Mathur, counsels for the Rungta brothers, for not being properly briefed before arguing on the quantum of sentencing for their clients. RC Rungta and RS Rungta, directors of the Jharkhand Ispat Private Limited (JIPL), were recently convicted in the coal scam.
During arguments on the quantum of sentencing, Ramesh Gupta failed to declare charges in other cases that have been filed against his client RC Rungta. Judge Parashar was surprised when the prosecution supplied a list of more than 20 cases that are lodged against RC Rungta since 2004. These charges against RC Rungta include theft of coal, electricity, grievous hurt, attempt to murder among others. The list was later withdrawn after the defence was asked to submit an affidavit stating the status of these cases.
However, sources close to the investigation claimed, “The list in question surfaced during the initial stages of investigation. The information was supplied by RS Rungta, elder brother of RC Rungta who at the time were embroiled in a family dispute.”
Special Judge Parashar, who is exclusively looking at the cases involving the coal scam expressed his surprise upon reading the list of charges against Rungta and deferred his order on sentencing for April 4.
Relying upon the Supreme Court judgment in the Ram Narayan Popli case, Senior Public Prosecutor AP Singh, sought maximum punishment in the matter. Quoting from the judgement, Singh said,“Unfortunately in the last few years, the country has seen an alarming rise in white-collar crimes which has affected the fibre of the country’s economic structure.” Singh further quoted, “These cases are nothing but private gain at the cost of public, and lead to economic disaster.”
The Rungta brothers have been convicted under sections 120b and 420 of the Indian Penal Code that deal with cheating and carry a maximum sentence of seven years. On March 28, a special CBI court here pronounced its first judgment in the coal scam case by convicting Jharkhand Ispat Private Limited (JIPL) and its two directors RC Rungta and RS Rungta for “grossly misrepresenting” a number of aspects to get the North Dhadu Block in Jharkhand allocated to them.
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