COURT-QUATTROCCHI 3 LST

The court had earlier reserved its order on CBI's
plea seeking withdrawal of criminal proceedings against
Quattrocchi, the sole surviving accused in the
politically-sensitive case.
Agrawal, who has been pursuing the case in the Supreme
Court and had approached the trial court against the CBI's
move to seek a closure of the case, had contended that the
government and the agency were trying to close the case
despite having sufficient evidence against Quattrocchi.
Justifying its closure report, the CBI had earlier
contended that it was difficult to secure presence of
Quattrocchi for prosecution and that all other accused were
either dead or charges against them had been quashed by the
Delhi High Court.
The CBI had failed on two occasions in its attempt to
get Quattrocchi extradited -- first from Malaysia in 2003 and
then from Argentina in 2007.
Last November, the agency had asked the Interpol to
take Quattrocchi's name off the Red Corner notice list. PTI