<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">''<div>A special court today ordered framing of an additional charge of abetment of bribery against Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal and others in a case pertaining to irregularities in the allocation of a coal block in Jharkhand. Special judge Bharat Parashar said, the charge will formally be framed against the accused on the 16th of August.&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The court had in April, 2016 ordered framing of charges against Jindal, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and 13 others for the alleged offences of criminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal breach of trust under the IPC and sections of Prevention of Corruption Act in the case. However, the bribery charge was not framed then.&nbsp;</div>''<div class="yj6qo"></div></div>
News On AIR | July 13, 2018 2:18 PM
Special court orders framing of additional charge against Naveen Jindal & others in Jharkhand coal block allocation case