Satyam accused allowed to argue his case tomorrow
The Special Court today granted permission to G Ramakrishna, an accused who was vice president of the firm, to argue his case tomorrow
By PTI |
HYDERABAD: The Special Court dealing with multi-crore Satyam fraud case today granted permission to G Ramakrishna, an accused who was vice president of the firm, to argue his case tomorrow prior to the framing of charges.
The XXI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACCM) court on September 3 had allowed the petition of Ramakrishna, who worked as Vice-President (Finance) in the IT firm, to plead the case himself.
Ramakrishna today sought time till Tuesday to argue his case which was granted but the Magistrate asked him to restrict his argument only to the charges made by the CBI.
Later, the court heard the arguments on the discharge petitions by Satyam's former MD Rama Raju and former employee Prabhakar Gupta.
Ravinder Reddy, the counsel of Rama Raju, told the court that there was prima facie no evidence against his client in the case.
Reddy contended that Ram Raju, brother of Ramalinga Raju, prime accused in the case, was implicated by the investigating agency and framed charges without any concrete evidence.
The counsel for Prabhakar Gupta, a former employees of Satyam Computers, said section 420 and 120-B of IPC did not hold in case of his client who was only an employee of the firm.
The XXI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACCM) court on September 3 had allowed the petition of Ramakrishna, who worked as Vice-President (Finance) in the IT firm, to plead the case himself.
Ramakrishna today sought time till Tuesday to argue his case which was granted but the Magistrate asked him to restrict his argument only to the charges made by the CBI.
Later, the court heard the arguments on the discharge petitions by Satyam's former MD Rama Raju and former employee Prabhakar Gupta.
Ravinder Reddy, the counsel of Rama Raju, told the court that there was prima facie no evidence against his client in the case.
Reddy contended that Ram Raju, brother of Ramalinga Raju, prime accused in the case, was implicated by the investigating agency and framed charges without any concrete evidence.
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The counsel for Prabhakar Gupta, a former employees of Satyam Computers, said section 420 and 120-B of IPC did not hold in case of his client who was only an employee of the firm.
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