NEW DELHI: Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and two serving senior officials were today convicted by a Delhi court for irregularities in the allocation of a coal block in Madhya Pradesh to a private firm.
Besides Gupta, who was the Coal Secretary from December 31, 2005 to November 2008, then joint secretary K S Kropha and then director K C Samaria in the Coal Ministry have also been held guilty of cheating, criminal conspiracy and corruption.
Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar also convicted the beneficiary firm Kamal Sponge Steel and Power Ltd (KSSPL) and its Managing Director Pawan Kumar Ahluwalia offences including cheating.
The convicts face a maximum seven year jail term for the offences proved against them. The court decided to pronounce its order on the quantum of sentence on May 22.
The court, however, acquitted Chartered Accountant Amit Goyal in the case involving allocation of the Thesgora-B Rudrapuri coal block.
CBI had in October 2012 lodged an FIR in the matter, but on March 27, 2014 it filed a closure report in the case. (AGENCIES)
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