Additional Sessions Judge Daya Prakash brushed aside Chaudhary's contention that the fresh FIR has been filed against him due to "a grudge as he is the editor of the channel which is running in public interest news against Jindal group regarding their involvement in coal scam."
He also said that no forged documents have been used by him.
The prosecution opposed his plea for anticipatory bail and said while showing the documents on screen, Chaudhary wrongly claimed that CAG report makes it clear how Naveen Jindal and companies associated with him have benefitted substantially and illegally in coal block allocation.
Public Prosecutor Rajiv Mohan said during investigation, it was found that the annexures shown during the programme were not part of the CAG report but were forged and fabricated documents.