On Monday, May 22, 2017, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special judge Bharat Parashar awarded a two-year sentence to former coal secretary H C Gupta and his two deputies, K S Kropha and K C Samaria, convicted by him on May 19. The three former officers in the Ministry of Coal (MoC) were convicted under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for criminal conspiracy and cheating and under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PCC), for obtaining undue pecuniary advantage, against the public interest, for M/s Kamal Sponge Steel and Power Ltd (KSSPL).
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