By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, April 3 : A CBI special court has started hearing discharge petitions of multi crore fake stamps case accused Abdul Kareem Telgi and others.
At present, the case is at the stage of framing charges and the accused have approached the court seeking discharge saying that the CBI failed in proving charges against them.
It is mandatory to frame charges against the accused before commencing the final trial in the case.
Most of the accused in the scam are police officers.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has already quashed criminal proceedings against three police officers including Narasimha Rao IPS, Satyanarayana Reddy ACP and Ashfaq Ahmed Khan, an inspector.
Abdul Wahed Quadri alias Raees Quadri, an aide of Telgi, was also discharged following a directive of the High Court.
The latest petition has been filed by Telgi, Vijayender Reddy, former inspector of Begumbazar and Madhu Mohan, sub inspector of City Central Crime Station.
The Special Judge, Mr V.Raghunath Rao, has commenced the hearing on discharge petitions.
Mr C. Mallesh Rao, counsel for Madhu Mohan, pointed out that the investigators did not recover any material to prove his involvement in the crime.
He submitted the court that the only charge against Madhu Mohan was that he ‘de-froze’ the bank account of the stamp scam accused on the illegal instructions of the deputy police commissioner of the city central crime station.
He argued that when the CBI itself has admitted that the case against Telgi and his associates was false, it had no right to file charges.
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