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IN THE COURT OF MS. SUNENA SHARMA

SPECIAL JUDGE, (PC ACT) (CBI), (COAL BLOCK

CASES)-02, ROUSE AVENUE DISTRICT COURT

NEW DELHI

CNR No. DLCT11-001306-2019

CBI Case No. CBI/316/2019

RC No. 219 2012 E 0009

CBI/EOU-IV/New Delhi dated 27.03.2014

U/s 120-B/420 IPC and Sections 9/13(1)(d)

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

In the matter of:-

Central Bureau Of Investigation

Versus

1. Manoj Kumar Jayaswal

S/o Sh. Basant Lal Shaw

Director of M/s AMR Iron & Steel Pvt. Ltd.

R/o 8th Floor, J.P. Heights, Byramjji Town,

Nagpur, Maharashtra.

2. Vijay Darda

S/o Sh. Jawaharlal Darda

Ex-Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)

and Chairman, Lokmat Group,

R/o Yavatmal House, Swatantra Senani Jawaharlal

Darda Marg,

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Marg,

Nagpur, Maharashtra.

3. Devendra Darda

S/o Sh. Vijay Darda

Managing Director of Lokmat Media Pvt. Ltd.

R/o Shubdha, B-Wing, 5th Floor,

Opp. Traffic Police HQs.,

Sir Pochkhanwala Road, Worli, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

4. M/s AMR Iron & Steel Pvt. Ltd.

Registered Office at F-8, MIDC Industrial Area,

Hingna Road,

Nagpur, Maharashtra.

5. Santosh Bagrodia

S/o Sh. Mahabir Prasad Bagrodia

Then Minister of State for Coal

(Discharged vide order dated 23.07.2019).

6. Harish Chandra Gupta

S/o Late Sh. K.L. Gupta

Ex- Secretary, Ministry of Coal & Chairman

36th Screening Committee (Since Retired)

R/o 377, Sector-15A, Gautam Budh Nagar

Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

7. L.S. Janoti

S/o Sh. D.S. Janoti

Then Section Officer, CA-I Section, Ministry of Coal

(Discharged vide order dated 23.07.2019).

....Accused Persons

Date of order on cognizance : 26.05.2017

Date of framing of charge : 02.06.2023

Date of conclusion of arguments : 16.03.2026

Date of judgment : 27.03.2026