The court had earlier recorded Tejinder Singh's statement and pre-summoning evidence in support of his complaint over a press release alleging that he had offered bribe on behalf of Tatra and Vectra Ltd.
A Delhi court is likely to deliver its order tomorrow on summoning Army Chief Gen VK Singh and four others named as accused in a criminal defamation case filed by former Lt Gen Tejinder Singh.
Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar, who on the last date of hearing had sought some clarifications from Tejinder Singh as to what were the independent roles of the persons named as accused in the plea, has fixed for tomorrow to pronounce his order.
The court had earlier recorded Tejinder Singh's statement and pre-summoning evidence in support of his complaint over a press release alleging that he had offered bribe on behalf of Tatra and Vectra Ltd, which supplies vehicles to BEML.
He had denied having made Rs14 crore bribe offer to the army chief to strike the defence deal.
The court, during the last hearing, had asked the roles of the accused in issuing the March 5 press release, which Tejinder Singh alleged was circulated with the sole intention to defame him.
Tejinder Singh's counsel had said that the army chief took his name in the media and Lt Col Hitten Sawhney, posted in the media cell and named as accused in the case, had signed the press release.
Tejinder Singh, a former Director General of Defence Intelligence Agency, had filed the defamation complaint against the army chief and four other Army officials.
Besides army chief, he has named Vice-Chief of Army Staff SK Singh, Lt Gen BS Thakur (DG MI), Major General SL Narshiman (Additional Director General of Public Information) and Lt Col Hitten Sawhney, accusing them of misusing their official position, power and authority to level false charges against him.
Tejinder Singh had earlier also refuted the allegations that he had offered bribe to the army chief for clearing a deal for 600 "sub-standard" vehicles.
Pleading to give its verdict early, his counsel had told the court that Gen VK Singh is retiring at the end of this month and he should not be allowed to "escape" like this as the accused were connected with each other with the army chief being the head.
Recording his statement before the magistrate, Tejinder Singh had said that the allegation against him of having offered bribe on behalf of Tatra and Vectra Ltd, which supplies vehicles to BEML was absolutely "false, ill-founded and concocted."
He had said that between March 3 and 5 this year, a number of media reports alluded to the army chief having allegedly ordered "unlawful monitoring" of mobiles, particularly in the South Block area here.
In order to divert the public attention from this news, which pointed fingers at senior functionaries in the Army Headquarters, including Gen VK Singh, the media cell of the Army Headquarters issued a press release on March 5, he had said, adding he was named in the press release without any proper legal sanction.
The army chief had in response to the legal notice by Tejinder Singh told him that he was ready to substantiate the allegations in the court.
The army chief had claimed in media interviews that a lobbyist, who had "just" retired, offered him a bribe of Rs14 crore for clearing a file relating to purchase of a tranche of 600 "sub-standard" vehicles of a particular make and he had immediately informed Defence Minister AK Antony about it.
He, however, did not want to pursue the matter for unknown reasons, the minister had said.
The CBI is now probing the army chief's allegation.
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