CBI seeks withdrawal of case against "Q",court to hear on Oct9

New Delhi, Oct 3 (PTI) Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) Saturday sought legal burial of the two-decade-old
Bofors pay-off case by moving for withdrawal of the case
against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi before a Delhi
Court which refused to pass any immediate order.

The court said any order on it could be passed only after
perusing the response of the agency to the application filed
by an advocate, who has challenged any move for closure of
case against the Italian businessman.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja before whom
the case is pending posted the matter for October 9 asking the
CBI to respond to the objections raised by advocate Ajay
Agrawal, who has contended that the Centre and probe agency
were trying to drop the case against Quattrocchi despite
having sufficient evidence against him.
CBI sought withdrawal of the case against the 69-year-old
businessman on the ground that "continuance of his prosecution
will be unjustified".
The agency said it has arrived at this conclusion after
its failure on two occasions to extradite him from Malaysia
and Argentina to face trial.
The CBI, which also relied on various other factors
including the Delhi High Court judgements quashing charges
against all other co-accused to justify its decision, said the
application to withdraw the case has been filed in good faith
and in public interest. PTI ATP
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