Cuttack, Feb 6 (PTI) The Orissa High Court on Monday refused to quash the FIR and charge sheet of the CBI, in which former BJD MP Rabindra Jena’s name figured in the multi-crore Seashore chit fund scam.
Jena had approached the high court in February last year praying for an order to delete his name from the FIR and the charge sheet.
Adjudicating his petition, Justice B P Routray concluded hearing in the case on December 12 last year and reserved the verdict.
Delivering the judgment during the day, Justice Routray relied on the arguments made by the CBI advocate that the former Balasore MP and several other political leaders had allegedly taken money from Seashore Group chief Prashant Dash in order to provide him political patronage.
The CBI probe team has alleged that Rs 1.75 crore was transferred to Jena’s personal account from the Seashore Group.
The CBI advocate also argued that the transferred amount was not a loan as Jena was not authorised to receive any loan from the Seashore Group of Companies. Moreover, no documents were available to show that a loan was granted to Jena for his business.
Jena was earlier arrested by the CBI in relation to this case and the High Court granted him bail. PTI COR AAM AAM NN NN
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