A Delhi court on Wednesday sentenced former coal secretary H C Gupta to 3-year imprisonment in a coal block allocation scam case that happened during the previous UPA regime at the Centre.<\/p>\n
Two other bureaucrats — K S Kropha and K C Samria — were also awarded 3-year jail term. <\/p>\n
Special Judge Bharat Prasar sentenced other convicted persons Vikas Patni, MD of Vikash Metals and Power Limited, and its authorised signatory Anand Mallick to a 4-year jail term.<\/p>\n
A fine of Rs 100,000 was imposed on the company.<\/p>\n
The CBI had sought a maximum of 7-year imprisonment for the five convicted persons and imposition of a heavy fine on the private firm.<\/p>\n
The offences for which they had been convicted entail a minimum punishment of one year in jail, going up to a maximum of seven years.<\/p>\n
The court had on November 30 convicted Gupta, former joint secretary in Ministry of Coal Kropha and the then director (CA-I) in the ministry Samria.<\/p>\n
It had also convicted the firm, Patni and Mallick.<\/p>\n
The case pertains to alleged irregularities in the allocation of Moira and Madhujore (North and South) coal blocks in West Bengal to VMPL.<\/p>\n
In September 2012, the CBI had registered an FIR in the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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