Hyderabad, December 10: A local court has upheld the contention of defence lawyers in the multi-crore Satyam Computers scam case to verify all documents of second chargesheet before being handed over to the accused in the case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI), investigating into the case, filed supplementary chargesheet against the ten accused, including Satyam Computers disgraced chairman B Ramalinga Raju on November 24.
CBI’s deputy legal advisor B Ravindranath said it was ready to hand over the documents to the accused when the investigative agency’s petition for framing of charges came up in the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s court yesterday. However, defence counsel Bharat Kumar raised an objection and contended that the documents have to be supplied to the accused after verification which was mandatory as per the law.
The prosecution should follow certain procedure of law and it was mandatory to verify all the documents in thousands to be checked by the court before handing it over to the accused. The magistrate, however, agreed to get verification of the documents done and posted the case to December 23. He also extended the judicial remand of the accused till December 23.
Except Ramalinga Raju, who is undergoing treatment in NIMS hospital here, eight accused, including two former auditors of Price Waterhouse, were brought from Chanchalguda jail and produced before the court. Another accused B Suryanarana Raju, who is on anticipatory bail, was also present in the court.
—–Agencies