Ready with charge sheet in Muzaffarpur shelter home case, CBI tells SC

The CBI Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that charge sheet in the Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual abuse case was ready but the agency was discussing whether to file a consolidated final report or have a separate one on each victim.

CBI told a bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur that the issue was being discussed as there were independent victims and witnesses in the case.

It said it would soon take a decision in this regard.

Several girls were allegedly raped and sexually abused at an NGO-run shelter home in Muzaffarpur and the issue had come to light following a report by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).

During the hearing on Wednesday, the court sought to know from the CBI as to whether the Income Tax Department has initiated proceedings with regard to around Rs 4.5 crore which the NGO, running the shelter home in Muzaffarpur, had received from the Bihar government over a period of 10 years for its activities.

"What about the Income Tax people? Have they initiated any proceedings?," the bench, which also comprised Justices Deepak Gupta and Hemant Gupta, asked the CBI.

Responding to the court's query, the CBI's counsel said, "Yes. They (income tax department) are doing it".

He said he would apprise the court on the status of proceedings initiated by the department