A retired customs officer, who was chargesheeted for allegedly amassing assets beyond known sources of his income, has been discharged by a special court which observed CBI had "ignored" material sources of his income and documents relating to expenditure incurred by him.
Special CBI Judge V K Gupta discharged Yuvraj Gupta, a retired Commissioner (Investigations), Settlement Commission, Customs and Central Excise in Mumbai, against whom the agency had filed a charge sheet under the Prevention of Corruption Act alleging he had amassed assets disproportionate to his income in his and his family members' names to the tune of Rs 32.78 lakh.
"....The prosecution has ignored material sources of income of the accused and his family members which were known (to) the prosecution and that income has a vital bearing on the framing of charge and further the prosecution ignored material documents relating to expenditure which was not of the accused...," the court said.
It further said that "taking all of them into consideration ....There is no disproportionate assets in possession of the accused at the end of the check period and as such no prima facie case for offence....Is made out against the accused Yuvraj Gupta and he is liable to be discharged.
