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A special court has fixed October 9 for considering a closure report in which CBI has concluded that no undue benefit was given to M/s JLD Yavatmal Energy Ltd by the Coal Ministry in allocation of coal block to it.
CBI, in its closure report, said that nothing substantial has emerged to establish cheating and criminal conspiracy among officials of the Ministry of Coal and M/s JLD Yavatmal Energy Ltd's directors, including Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda.
The agency filed the closure report in the case in which it had earlier lodged an FIR against JLD Yavatmal Energy Ltd, its directors Vijay Darda, his son Devendra Darda, his brother Rajendra Darda, Manoj Jayaswal, Anand Jayaswal and Abhishek Jayaswal and unknown persons under sections 420 (cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.
The case was transferred to the court of special CBI judge Bharat Parashar, who is exclusively dealing with the cases of coal scam. He has kept the closure report for consideration.
The agency had earlier filed the closure report in the court of chief metropolitan magistrate.
CBI, which had earlier alleged in its FIR that JLD Yavatmal wrongfully concealed previous allocation of four coal blocks to its group companies in 1999-2005, has now said in its closure report that even if it would have revealed the fact, it would not have been disqualified for getting the coal blocks.
The closure report said investigation could not establish that JLD Yavatmal Energy Ltd has obtained any undue benefit from the Ministry of Coal with regard to its non-declaration of previous coal blocks.
