April 13, 2011 1:24 PM

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Corporate leaders seek bail in 2G scam case

Five corporate executives, who have been named in the charge sheet in the 2G spectrum case today, moved bail pleas in a Delhi court which asked the CBI to file its replies. Special CBI Judge O P Saini said, the CBI is granted time to file reply and put up the matter for arguments on April 15. Top corporate executives — Swan Telecom Director Vinod Goenka, Unitech Wireless (Tamil Nadu) Ltd Managing Director Sanjay Chandra, and three top officials of Reliance ADA Group Gautam Doshi, Surrendra Pipara and Hari Nair appeared before the special court for the first time and sought bail on the ground that they were not arrested during the investigation. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatagi, appearing for Vinod Goenka said, the accused are entitled for relief on bail. Similar pleas were advanced by lawyers for other corporate honchos. Senior advocate U U Lalit, who has been appointed as Special Public Prosecutor by the Supreme Court, vehemently opposed the applications, saying, accused are not entitled for release on bail ipso facto that is by default on appearance before the court and they will have to justify their bail pleas. The CBI had filed its first charge sheet in the case on April 2 against nine persons and three leading Telecom companies, Reliance Telecom Ltd, Swan Telecom Ltd and Unitech Wireless (Tamil Nadu) Pvt Ltd. Former Telecom Minister A Raja, former Telecom Secretary Siddhartha Behura, Raja's personal secretary R K Chandolia and Swan Telecom Promoter Shahid Usman Balwa were arrested earlier during the probe into the case and are Lodged in Tihar Jail under judicial custody. The CBI is likely to file its second charge sheet in the case by April 25 and is to complete its probe by May 31.

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