Three corporate executives, accused in the petroleum ministry documents leak case, moved bail applications in a court here on Thursday.
The three accused -- RIL corporate affairs manager Shailesh Saxena, Jubilant Energy senior executive Subash Chandra, and Essar DGM Vinay Kumar -- moved their bail pleas before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Khanagwal, who fixed it for March 11 for further hearing.
Meanwhile, the court extended the judicial custody of three accused along with two more corporate executives and a defence ministry staffer till March 19.
Reliance ADAG deputy general manager Rishi Anand, and Cairns India general manager K.K. Naik were also presented in the court after the expiry of their judicial custody.
Meanwhile, Virender Kumar, employed as a casual worker in defence ministry, who was arrested here last month for his alleged involvement in the leak of documents from the petroleum and other ministries, was sent to two weeks' judicial custody.
Lalta Prasad, 36, and Rakesh Kumar, 30 - both brothers and residents of Delhi -- along with Rajkumar Chaubey, 39, a resident of Ghaziabad, were arrested Feb 17 night, the day the documents leak from the petroleum ministry was unearthed.
All three with government employees Asharam, 58 and Ishwar Singh, 56, are in judicial custody.
Former journalist Santanu Saikia, who runs a web portal and covered the crime beat for several years, along with Prayas Jain, a Melbourne-based energy consultant, were remanded to judicial custody till March 6 by a court here Feb 23.
Delhi Police have registered two FIRs in connection with the leak of classified documents related to different ministries, including coal, petroleum and natural gas, and power -- the first on Feb 17 and second Feb 20.
