NEW DELHI: A court here on Thursday acquitted former coal secretary HC Gupta and a Delhi-based company in a corruption case related to the allocation of a Chhattisgarh-based coal block, after the CBI “miserably failed” to prove charges. Special Judge Bharat Parashar said the CBI “miserably failed” to prove the charges of criminal conspiracy, criminal misconduct, criminal breach of trust by a public servant against the accused –Gupta, who was the coal secretary from December 31, 2005 to November 2008, and Delhi-based firm Pushp Steels and Mining Pvt Ltd (PSMPL).
The case pertained to the alleged irregularities in allocation of a coal block to the firm.
