AMRIK SINGH BAWA Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) ALL the above three cases are heard together, as they arose from the same F.I.R. Heard Sri R.S. Mazumdar, learned senior counsel for the petitioners and Md. Mokhtar Khan, learned counsel for the C.B.I.

(2.) AT the outset, Sri Khan, submits that since the facts of these cases are similar to A.B.A. No. 3133/2010 with A.B.A. No. 3134/2010 with A.B.A. No. 3157/2010, therefore, C.B.I. adopts the counter affidavit filed in that case. In the counter affidavit, it is alleged by the C.B.I. that the ESM company, of which, petitioners are Directors of M/s Sidhi Coal Carriers Pvt. Ltd., have failed to deploy 75% ESM and vehicles owned by ESM for transportation of coal in BCCL during relevant period and claimed transportation charges at par with ESM rate. However, Sri Khan, after going through the case diary, has not been able to show any evidence substantiating aforesaid allegations.