A Delhi court has ordered framing of charges of corruption, cheating and criminal conspiracy against former JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP Anil Kumar Sahani and others in a case of allegedly using fake bills to claim leave travel concession (LTC).
Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj said "prima facie" there was evidence to put the politician on trial.
"In the opinion of this court, Sahani attempted fraudulent withdrawal of TA/DA claim to the tune of
Rs 14.22 lakh by using forged e-tickets and boarding passes as genuine.
"He is also liable to be charged for destroying the TA Claim Form and erasing/deleting the signatures from e-tickets which he had taken back from the office of Rajya Sabha, Secretariat, in the name of verification," the court said.
It said according to the TA/DA bills of December 2012, Sahani tried to get reimbursement for 20 air tickets which were remaining unutilised in continuation of his first aborted attempt in March, 2012.
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The court said the politician was liable to be charged under various sections including 120 B (criminal conspiracy), read with 420 (cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
It also ordered to frame charges against N S Nair, then Office Superintendent (Traffic), IGI Airport at New Delhi and Arvind Tiwari, a private person, for the alleged offences of corruption, criminal conspiracy, cheating and others.
"Let charges be framed against the accused accordingly," the court said.
The court had on April 12 last granted bail to Sahani and others after they appeared before it in pursuance to the summons issued against them.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had filed the charge sheet under various sections dealing with cheating and forgery, and under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
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