A Delhi court today deferred to next month the pronouncement of its judgement on the CBI's plea to drop the case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the two-decade-old Bofors payoff case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav posted for 4 th March his order on the CBI's plea seeking withdrawal of the case against 70-year-old Quattrocchi. The CBI had, in October 2009, sought permission of the court to withdraw the case against Quattrocchi, saying his continued prosecution was unjustified in the light of various factors including the agency's failed attempts to get him extradited — first from Malaysia in 2003 and then from Argentina in 2007.After completing its probe, the CBI had filed two charge sheets in the case — first on October 22, 1999 and the other on October 9, 2000.Advocate Ajay Agrawal, who has been pursuing the case in the Supreme Court had approached the trial court against the CBI's move to seek a closure of the case.The plea was countered by the CBI which said it was difficult to secure presence of Quattrocchi for prosecution and, moreover, all other accused are either dead or charges against them have been quashed by the Delhi High Court.