India, Aug. 19 -- A Mumbai special court has accepted the CBI's closure report in a 2024 bribery case against then Registrar of Companies (ROC) official for want of evidence after the agency found no specific demand for a bribe in a recorded conversation between the accused and the complainant.

The CBI had registered an FIR on September 10, 2024, against then ROC deputy director S Landa after a businessman complained that he had been asked to pay the bribe to favour his firm in an ROC inquiry. The case was based on allegations that the official had demanded Rs.2 crore, later reducing it to Rs.30-35 lakh.

The complainant, who allegedly did not want to pay the bribe, approached the CBI on April 23, 2024. The agency obtained the required a...