It had also imposed Rs 5 lakh fine on each of the convicts held guilty for deceiving and defrauding government to bag a coal block in Jharkhand. "Ministry of Coal (MoC), Government of India clearly stood cheated on account of dishonest acts of accused persons resulting in allotment of 'Kesla North Coal Block' in favour of company of accused persons i.e. CBI had charge sheeted RSPL and Udit Rathi as accused for the alleged offences of criminal conspiracy and cheating. In the first conviction, the court had in April awarded a four-year jail term to Jharkhand Ispat Private Limited (JIPL) directors RC Rungta and RS Rungta in a coal block allocation scam case. In Tuesday's verdict, the court added that "the accused persons hatched a criminal conspiracy so as to cheat MOC, GoI in order to procure allocation of a coal block in favour of M/s RSPL."

Source: dna July 26, 2016 18:56 UTC