The 2G special court on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on accused Shahid Balwa for playing fraud and manipulating affidavits. Ordering for fresh recording of Balwa’s statements, Special Judge OP Saini said the accused had “nefarious and sinister” intention.
“Accordingly, considering their apologies on record, accused Shahid Usman Balwa is let off by castigating him for his nefarious conduct in the court accompanied by imposition of a nominal cost of Rs 1,00,000 on him for wasting time of the court, causing unnecessary inconvenience and forcing unnecessary adjournments on the court for several days,” the judge said in his 67- page order.
“In view of the above discussion, all four applications (filed by Balwa) stand disposed of with the direction that the existing statement(s) shall remain on record minus the objectionable parts, wherever the same occur, whether detected or not, which shall be deemed to be deleted and that further recording of the statement of accused shall resume from the stage where it was stopped,” the court said.
