A special Delhi court will pronounce its verdict today in a coal scam case against former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, former Coal Secretary HC Gupta and six others. The case relates to alleged irregularities in the allocation of the Rajhara North coal block in Jharkhand to Kolkata-based Vini Iron and Steel Udyog Limited (VISUL). Other accused in the case include ex-Jharkhand Chief Secretary AK Basu.<br/><br/>CBI has claimed that Koda, Basu and two accused public servants conspired to favour VISUL in the coal block allocation. The accused have denied the allegations.<br/><br/>Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar has directed all the accused to remain present before the court on the date of judgement in the case.<br/><br/>In May this year, Gupta was convicted along with two other former bureaucrats in a case related to the allocation of a coal mining block in Madhya Pradesh to a private company. It was the first coal scam case in which senior government officials were held guilty.