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Anbumani Ramadoss seeks discharge in medical scam case

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 25 2013 | 4:04 AM IST

Special Judge Talwant Singh issued notice to the CBI for September 12 on the application of the PMK leader.

Ramadoss sought discharge on the ground that the charge sheet filed against him was "bad, illegal and an abuse of the process of law" and sanction for prosecution was not obtained.

"At the time of the alleged incident, the applicant was a public servant and therefore there was a complete bar from taking cognizance of any alleged offence in the absence of sanction under section 197 CrPC from the government," Senior advocate Mukul Gupta and advocate Pramod Dubey, appearing for Ramadoss, said.

The court, however, said it will not hear arguments "again and again" on the same issue of discharge as the counsel will argue on this point even at the time of framing of charges and kept the application for September 12.

Ramadoss, who is out on bail along with nine others, is facing prosecution for allegedly granting permission to the college, which did not have sufficient faculty members or clinical infrastructure to run the course.

The former health minister has been charge sheeted by the CBI for allegedly abusing his official position in permitting Indore-based Index Medical College Hospital and Research Centre (IMCHRC) to admit students without having sufficient faculty members and clinical infrastructure in 2009.

  

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First Published: Aug 18 2012 | 6:35 PM IST

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