Illegal phone exchange case: Charges to be framed on Aug 17
Maran Brothers Face Trial After HC Junks Their Discharge
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 12.08.2018
A special court for CBI cases here re-commenced the trial against former Union telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and his older brother Kalanithi Maran in the illegal telephone lines case, a fortnight after the Madras high court set aside their discharge from the case.
The XIV additional judge for CBI cases, R Vasanthi, posted the case to August 17 for framing charges.
On March14, special judge Natarajan passed an order discharging all the seven accused, including the Maran brothers, from all the charges. The judge said he was discharging them since there was no prima facie evidence to prove the charges against them.
Assailing the order, the CBI moved an appeal in the high court. Allowing the appeal on July 25, the high court set aside the discharge order noting that the court was fully satisfied that heaps and heaps of material were available to frame charges against all the accused. “None of the reasons given by the trial court to discharge them is sustained in law. The trial court judge has totally forgotten the fact that he should only weigh the probability of the case for framing charges,” the high court had said.
According to the CBI, Dayanidhi Maran— between June 2004 and December 2006 when he was Union minister for communication and information technology— misused his office and installed telephone lines at his residences in Chennai and used it for business transactions involving Sun Network, owned by Kalanithi. The CBI said more than 700 telecom lines had been installed in Maran’s residences in Boat Club and Gopalapuram, causing a loss of ₹1.78 crore to exchequer.
Dayanidhi (L) & Kalanithi Maran
Maran Brothers Face Trial After HC Junks Their Discharge
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 12.08.2018
A special court for CBI cases here re-commenced the trial against former Union telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and his older brother Kalanithi Maran in the illegal telephone lines case, a fortnight after the Madras high court set aside their discharge from the case.
The XIV additional judge for CBI cases, R Vasanthi, posted the case to August 17 for framing charges.
On March14, special judge Natarajan passed an order discharging all the seven accused, including the Maran brothers, from all the charges. The judge said he was discharging them since there was no prima facie evidence to prove the charges against them.
Assailing the order, the CBI moved an appeal in the high court. Allowing the appeal on July 25, the high court set aside the discharge order noting that the court was fully satisfied that heaps and heaps of material were available to frame charges against all the accused. “None of the reasons given by the trial court to discharge them is sustained in law. The trial court judge has totally forgotten the fact that he should only weigh the probability of the case for framing charges,” the high court had said.
According to the CBI, Dayanidhi Maran— between June 2004 and December 2006 when he was Union minister for communication and information technology— misused his office and installed telephone lines at his residences in Chennai and used it for business transactions involving Sun Network, owned by Kalanithi. The CBI said more than 700 telecom lines had been installed in Maran’s residences in Boat Club and Gopalapuram, causing a loss of ₹1.78 crore to exchequer.
Dayanidhi (L) & Kalanithi Maran
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