A Delhi court has fixed January 18 next year for hearing arguments on framing of charges in the match-fixing scandal case of 2000.
A Delhi court has fixed January 18 next year for hearing arguments on framing of charges in the match-fixing scandal case of 2000 in which police has chargesheeted six persons, including former South African captain Hansie Cronje.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Khanagwal posted the matter for consideration on charge after the court was informed that copies of documents filed along with the charge sheet have been supplied to the accused.
"Accused number 6 Hansie Cronje is stated to have expired in an air crash on June 1, 2002 and the proceedings against him have been abated vide order dated July 23, 2013. Copies of documents have been supplied to the accused persons in the form of hard disk," the court noted in its order.
The court had on July 23, 2013 taken cognizance of charge sheet filed by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police against six persons, including the late Hansie Cronje, in which it had alleged that he was paid Rs 1.2 crore in two instalments for fixing matches nearly 15 years back.
The names of Mr Cronje's compatriot cricketers Herschelle Gibbs and Nicky Boje were left out from the charge sheet.
The police, in its 93-page charge sheet has named Hansie Cronje, Rajesh Kalra, Sunil Dara, Kishan Kumar, the brother of T-Series founder, the late Gulshan Kumar, as accused in the case.
Rajesh Kalra, Sunil Dara and Kishan Kumar are presently out on bail.
Besides them, Sanjeev Chawla and Manmohan Khattar were also named as accused in the case and police has chargesheeted them for alleged offences of cheating and criminal conspiracy under the Indian Penal Code.
The court has abated the proceedings against Mr Cronje, who was indicted by Kings Commission of Inquiry in South Africa, in view of his death in 2002.
Earlier, the police had informed the court that Mr Chawla and Mr Khattar were residents of UK and USA respectively and were hiding there and open non-bailable warrants have already been issued against them.
In its charge sheet, police has claimed that Mr Gibbs had accepted before the Kings Commission of Inquiry, constituted in South Africa to probe the match fixing scandal, that he was offered money by Cronje for under performance while Mr Boje had denied his involvement.