Special CBI Judge reserved the order on the bail application till April 20 and directed status quo with regard to liberty of the accused belonging to Swan Telecom, Unitech and Reliance ADAG.
Swan Telecom Director Vinod Goenka, Unitech Wireless (Tamil Nadu) Ltd Managing Director Sanjay Chandra, and three top officials of Reliance ADA Group Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair were present during the hearing.
All five faced arrest as the court had issued summons against them after taking cognizance of the charge sheet filed against former Telecom Minister A Raja and others in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case.
“The accused are holding high positions and now that the names of witnesses are disclosed, some of whom are directly working under/or amenable to their directions, the possibility of winning over and/ or influencing the witnesses is clearly there,” CBI alleged.
Supreme Court - appointed senior advocate U U Lalit mentioned about the seriousness of the offence and said they could be remanded to judicial custody.
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