Case against CBI's withdrawal of Bofors case adjourned

New Delhi, Oct 24 (PTI) A Delhi court on Saturday
adjourned its order on the objections raised by a lawyer on
CBI's withdrawal of the two-decade-old Bofors pay-off case
against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja put the
matter for November six for order on the application filed by
advocate Ajay Agarwal.
The lawyer had challenged the CBI's move to withdraw the
case on October three, saying it was trying to close the
"politically-sensitive" case despite having "sufficient
evidence" against him.
CBI had sought the legal burial of the case against
Quattrocchi, 69, on the ground that "continuance of his
prosecution will be unjustified".
The agency had said it has arrived at this conclusion
after its failure on two occasions to extradite the
businessman 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, had said
that the application to withdraw the case has been filed in
"good faith and in public interest".
Agarwal, the advocate, raised question of propriety of
government counsel and alleged that Solicitor General (SG)
Gopal Subramanium and Additional Solicitor General (ASG) P P
Malhotra, who are representing the CBI now, had appeared for
Win Chaddha, one of the accused, before different courts here.
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