Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta, accused in several coal scam cases, today took a U-turn in a city court by withdrawing his plea seeking to take back his bail bond on the grounds that he had no money to hire a lawyer and would fight the case from jail.<br/><br/>Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar allowed Gupta's plea to withdraw the application in which he had submitted that he was facing financial constraints and could not manage the advocate's fees from his pension.<br/><br/>In his plea, Gupta today said he wanted to withdraw the earlier application as he was advised by public servants and retired officers to follow the legal procedure.<br/><br/>