2G case: Accused trying to delay proceedings, CBI tells court

CBI today told a Delhi court that the accused in 2G spectrum allocation scam are trying to delay the judicial proceedings in the case by moving various applications before the court.

The agency made the allegation in its response while opposing the bail plea of Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, an accused in the case.

There is "ample oral and documentary evidence" against Balwa showing his complicity in the commission of offence, CBI told Special Judge OP Saini.

"The averments made in the bail petition of accused Shahid Balwa that the trial is going to take a long time to conclude is not correct because the proceedings are being taken up on a day-to-day basis and presently it is at the stage of consideration of charge.

"However, it is also worth to submit that the accused persons are trying to delay the court proceedings by moving several applications on one pretext or other," CBI said.

The agency said, "The averments made in bail petition that the applicant accused (Balwa) has been falsely implicated in the case is totally incorrect and devoid of merits because there is ample oral and documentary evidence against the accused petitioner to show his complicity in the commission of offence.

"Moreover, apart from magnitude of the case, the allegations are serious and grave in nature," CBI said.

The agency also filed its reply opposing the bail plea of former Telecom Minister A Raja's former private secretary RK Chandolia.