Jagran correspondent, New Delhi. A special CBI court has convicted SKS Ispat and Power Limited, its director Deepak Gupta and others in a case related to the coal block allocation scam. This is the 20th conviction in coal block scam cases. The court sentenced the convict Deepak Gupta to three years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10 lakh.
The court has sentenced Satya Narayan Dwivedi, the company's authorized signatory, to two years' jail and a fine of Rs 20,000, while Amrit Singh has been sentenced to one year's imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000. Whereas, a fine of Rs 50 lakh has been imposed on SKS Ispat and Power Limited.
According to CBI, this case is related to the allocation of Ravanwara North Coal Block in Madhya Pradesh. The agency had alleged that the company's directors and authorized signatories had given false and misleading information in the application and feedback forms regarding the company's financial position, production capacity, available land and environmental clearances, so as to acquire the coal block.
The CBI had registered a case in this matter on August 4, 2014 and after investigation, a charge sheet was filed on August 31, 2016 against SKS Ispat Limited (now SKS Ispat and Power Limited), its directors Deepak Gupta, Satya Narayan Dwivedi and Amrit Singh. After completion of the trial, the court found all the accused guilty and sentenced them.