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File photograph of AgustaWestland ‘intermediary’ Christian Michel. (Image: ANI)
Special Judge Arvind Kumar denied the aid, saying the paperwork associated to his extradition from Dubai in 2018 weren’t relied upon by the prosecution
A Delhi court docket on Thursday dismissed an utility filed by Christian Michel James, an alleged intermediary within the AgustaWestland chopper rip-off, in search of paperwork associated to his extradition from Dubai in 2018.
Special Judge Arvind Kumar denied the aid, saying the paperwork weren’t relied upon by the prosecution.
James, a United Kingdom nationwide, had sought all of the paperwork and correspondence with the competent authority in Dubai in relation to his extradition.
He had claimed he was entitled to all of the paperwork collected by the CBI throughout investigation, insisting they had been related for his defence.
While dismissing his utility, the court docket took observe of the CBI’s submission that the extradition treaty between the UAE and India and the rules of the MHA present for sending a request by the Ministry of External Affairs and don’t envisage the participation of an accused in such proceedings within the nation to which the request has been made.
The company had submitted that it’s the legal guidelines of the requested state that are invoked when a request is made to a rustic which within the current case is the UAE.
“The paperwork regarding extradition of accused Christian Michel James haven’t been relied upon by the prosecution and thus can’t be provided to the accused,” Special Judge Arvind Kumar said.
The judge noted that the copies of the charge sheet and the subsequent charge sheets, filed in September 2017, September 2020 and March 2021 respectively, along with the lists of unrelied documents and unrelied witnesses were already supplied to the accused.
The case is currently at pre-charge stage.
The CBI had opposed the application, claiming the accused was already provided with all the documents required under the rules, and that the supply of documents related to his extradition was against the settled position of law.
The Rs 3,600-crore alleged scam relates to the kickbacks in purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters from AgustaWestland.
The CBI, in its charge sheet, has alleged an estimated loss of 398.21 million euros (about Rs 2,666 crore) to the exchequer due to the deal that was signed on February 8, 2010 for the supply of 12 VVIP helicopters worth 556.262 million euros (around Rs 3,600 crore).
James is among the three alleged middlemen being probed in the case. The other two are Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa.
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