COURT-QUATTROCCHI-AGENTS 2LT

Pleading for withdrawal of the case against
Quattrocchi, the agency said 23 years have passed from the
date of alleged offence and all other co-accused have died or
proceedings against them have been quashed.

"All other co-accused have either died or proceedings
against them have been quashed including the proceeding
against the company and the alleged beneficiaries of the
contract by virtue of Delhi High Court judgements and no
appeals have been preferred by the CBI," Additional Solicitor
General P P Malhotra pleaded before the court.

He said that the government gave its consent to the
CBI to close the case after consulting top legal officers of
the country.

"The matter has been examined by the former Attorney
General(AG), former Law Minister, the present AG, present
Solicitor General and also subsequently by the government and
all of them have opined for withdrawal of the prosecution,"
the CBI said in its nine-page application.

The deal was signed by the Government on March 24,
1986 for the supply of 410 units of 155 mm guns and its
systems at the total cost of around Rs 1437 crore. PTI ATP
SDE


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