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Bofors case hearing on July 30

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, JUNE 9. The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) of Delhi, Reena Singh Nag, today fixed July 30 for hearing arguments on framing afresh charges against the three Hinduja brothers — S.P. Hinduja, G.P. Hinduja and P.P. Hinduja — in the Rs. 64-crore Bofors gun deal case.

Setting aside the charge of criminal conspiracy against the three brothers on May 20, Justice R.S. Sodhi of the Delhi High Court had asked the CMM to frame only the charge of criminal conspiracy read with cheating, as directed by Justice (Retd.) J.D. Kapoor of the High Court in his February 4 judgment.

Ms. Nag, in her brief order, said that the case would be taken up once again on July 30 for hearing arguments on framing of charges.

Ms. Nag had on March 26 framed charges of criminal conspiracy read with cheating and separately a charge of criminal conspiracy against the three brothers.

In their applications, the Hinduja brothers had urged the High Court to make it clear whether they had to face trial only for the charge of criminal conspiracy coupled with cheating or for the offence of criminal conspiracy separately as well.

They had submitted that they apprehended that the CMM, Reena Singh Nag, had misread and exceeded the High Court's directions by framing separately the charge of criminal conspiracy as well as the charge of criminal conspiracy read with cheating.

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