Verdict on Satyam case likely on Dec 23

Verdict on Satyam case likely on Dec 23
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A special court here will pronounce its verdict on December 23 in the accounting fraud in the erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Ltd, nearly six years after the multi-crore rupee scam jolted corporate India.

Hyderabad: A special court here will pronounce its verdict on December 23 in the accounting fraud in the erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Ltd, nearly six years after the multi-crore rupee scam jolted corporate India. Special judge BVLN Chakravarthi fixed December 23 for pronouncement of the much-awaited judgement.

All the ten accused in the case, including prime accused Satyam Computers founder and former chairman B Ramalinga Raju and his brother and Satyam's former MD B Rama Raju, appeared in the court, as per its direction. The media was not allowed inside the court.

"Case is posted for judgement on December 23. In all probability, it (verdict) will be delivered on that date, failing which, because of the volume of the case, it might take a few days more if at all," CBI's special Public Prosecutor K Surender said. The others accused in the case are ex-CFO Vadlamani Srinivas, former PwC auditors Subramani Gopalakrishnan and T Srinivas, Raju's another brother B Suryanarayana Raju, former employees G Ramakrishna, D Venkatpathi Raju and Ch Srisailam, and Satyam's former internal chief auditor V S Prabhakar Gupta.

The court, in the meanwhile, heard arguments by the defence and prosecution after Raju had filed an application before it challenging the authenticity of some of the electronic evidence presented by the CBI that investigated the fraud. The defence contended that some of the electronic evidence submitted against Raju and the others accused was inadmissible because it was not retrieved in accordance with provisions of the Evidence Act.

The scam came to light on January 7, 2009, after Ramalinga Raju allegedly confessed to manipulating his company's account books and inflating profits over many years to the tune of several crores of rupees.

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