Accordingly, the probe agency approached the two on

December 21, 2012 to record their voice samples, but they refused to do so on their counsel's advice. Appearing for the two scribes, their counsel had said the Delhi Police Crime Branch had tried to force them to give their voice sample while reading "incriminating lines" from the transcript. Sudhir and Samir were arrested on November 27, 2012 on a complaint by Jindal's firm Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL), which had alleged that they had demanded Rs 100 crore as an advertising deal for not airing negative news against the firm in connection with the coal block allocation scandal. Both Chaudhary and Ahluwalia were later granted bail on December 17, 2012 by the court. Beside the two editors, Zee Group Chairman Subhash Chandra and his son has also been named in the FIR lodged against them by Jindal's firm. However, the two were not arrested in the case. They have been booked under section 384 (extortion), 420 (cheating), 120 B (criminal conspiracy) and 511 (punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment) of the IPC. The two editors have denied the charges.