Serving Naval Commander Ajit Kumar Pandey who was arrested on September 3 in the case relating to alleged leak of confidential information on retrofitting of Russian Kilo class submarines, got default bail from a designated court here due to an “incomplete” chargesheet filed by the CBI.
The court granted bail to Pandey as the CBI had filed an "incomplete chargesheet" against him and others in connection with the probe under the Official Secrets Act (OSA), officials said.
The charge sheet filed before the court on November 2 is incomplete as there is no mention regarding the investigation being carried out under the Official Secrets Act (OSA), though the same was being carried out in this case itself, Special Judge Anuradha Shukla Bhardwaj said in an order.
"The charge sheet thus is incomplete for the purposes of section 167 (2) of CrPC (default bail)," she said.
The court has already released other accused, including retired naval officers Commodore Randeep Singh and Commander Satwinder Jeet Singh, on the same grounds.