Among the 13 accused are five corporate executives
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Petroleum document leak accused being bought to Patiala House court in New Delhi (Photo: PTI/File)
New Delhi: A chargesheet was filed on Saturday against 13 persons arrested in connection with the petroleum ministry document leak case by the Delhi police. Among the 13 accused are five corporate executives — Shailesh Saxena from RIL, Vinay Kumar from Essar, K.K. Naik from Cairn India, Subhash Chandra from Jubilant Energy and Rishi Anand from Reliance ADAG.
Sources said the accused have been chargesheeted under Sections 457 (trespass), 380 (theft), 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine forged documents), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC.
The matter is now fixed for April 20 for consideration. The court fixed the 44-page chargesheet for consideration before chief metropolitan magistrate Sanjay Khanagwal, who was on leave on Saturday. The police have arrayed 42 prosecution witnesses in the case.Provisions of the stringent Official Secrets Act (OSA) have not been invoked against the accused yet.
( Source : dc/agencies )
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