Petroleum paper leak: Chargesheet filed against 13 accused, OSA not invoked

The accused are in judicial custody and their bail applications are pending before the court.

Police take away accused in Petroleum Ministry document leak, from Shastri Bhavan in New Delhi on Friday. (Source: PTI Photo)

Police take away accused in Petroleum Ministry document leak, from Shastri Bhavan in New Delhi. (Source: PTI Photo)

The Delhi Police Crime Branch Saturday filed a chargesheet against 13 persons in connection with the alleged leak of documents from the Petroleum Ministry.

The chargesheet was filed before Metropolitan Magistrate Akash Jain, who fixed April 20 as its date for consideration. The magistrate has now fixed the 44-page chargesheet for consideration before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Khanagwal, who was on leave Saturday.

Sources said the Official Secrets Act (OSA) has not been invoked against the accused and added that further investigations were underway.

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Sources also said the 13 accused have been chargesheeted for theft, cheating and criminal conspiracy under sections of the IPC — including offences under Sections 457 (trespass), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating) and 471 (forgery using a genuine forged document). The police have named 42 prosecution witnesses in the case.

Among the 13 accused, five are corporate executives — Shailesh Saxena from RIL, Vinay Kumar from Essar, K K Naik from Cairns India, Subhash Chandra from Jubilant Energy and Rishi Anand from Reliance ADAG.

The accused are in judicial custody and their bail applications are pending before the court.

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