New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- The Delhi High Court has directed initiation of criminal complaint proceedings against six CBI officers, including then Inspector Sushil Dewan, after finding that the agency's 2016 reply to the trial court contained a materially false assertion that correspondence with the administrative ministry was "underway" when, in fact, only an internal deliberation was taking place.cb

Justice Madhu Jain held that the contemporaneous CBI records, including successive drafts and file notings, provided a reasonable foundation for the prima facie allegations of offences under Sections 191 read with 193 and Section 209 of the IPC. The court said the threshold for directing a complaint under Section 340 CrPC was satisfied and that a...