Anil Gote's son lodges complaint with Bar Council of Maharashtra

Mumbai, Dec 22 (UNI) Tejas, son of former MLA Anil Gote who is implicated in the Abdul Karim Telgi-masterminded multicrore fake stamp paper case, has claimed that he had purchased for Rs 1,000 a copy of the draft charges even before the charges were framed by the special court in Pune that is hearing the case.

Tejas, while lodging a complaint with the Bar Council of Maharashtra in this regard, claimed that he had purchased a copy of the draft charges from Deepak Borkar, is a junior lawyer to Vidyadhar Koshe.

The draft charges were listed in 72 paragraphs and addressed by Additional District Judge and Special Judge under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, Pune, B M Sardeshpande, Tejas told the Bar Council of Maharashtra.

He alleged that the Central Bureau of Investigation had framed ready-made charges against the accused.

It was a mockery of the judicial proceedings and had created an apprehension in the minds of the accused that even without hearing them, the court had prejudged the issue, Tejas had alleged.

He said when the other accused -- Pradeep Sawant and R S Sharma -- had requested for a copy of the draft charges, they were told by the court that the document, if any, was not part of record therefore the demand was premature.

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