Further probe will delay bail process: A. Raja
The former Telecom Minister, A. Raja, on Tuesday strongly opposed in the Supreme Court any direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation for a further probe against Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, saying that any such probe would delay the hearing of the bail applications of the accused. If further investigation is ordered, it will prejudice our chances of bail as the process will be delayed.” He said the CBI had slapped additional charges of ‘breach of trust' against the accused on Monday and that any decision on further investigation based on Janta Party president Subramanian Swamy's complaint should be left to the special court. Venugopal, appearing for the CBI, took exception to the former Finance Minister and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha's statement that “the CBI's defence of Mr. Chidambaram was laughable”. “While the Government of India will not allow anyone found guilty after due process of law to go scot-free, this type of absolute freedom of speech and media trial is not conducive for fair trial.” Mr. Rao reiterated that once the trial court had started exercising its jurisdiction after taking cognisance of the charge sheet, any further monitoring by the Supreme Court would amount to monitoring the trial itself, which was not permissible in law.
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