After companypletion of investigation, charge sheets were filed against Kulbhushan Parashar, Ex.
Ravi Shankaran, S.K. Kohli, Mukesh Bajaj, Ms. Rajrani Jaiswal, Sambhajee L. Surve, Virender Rana, Kashyap Kumar and Vijender Kumar Jha.
2546 of 2007 under Section 439 Cr.
The respondents subsequent application for bail was dismissed by the ADJ, Delhi on 29th May, 2007.
The High Court in its companymon judgment and order dated 30th May 2008 disposed both the matters pending before it i.e. Cr.
Ravi Shankaran has received such critical information on national security from the companypromised defence officers namely Vijender Rana, through the Jet Flash Pen Drive and e mails and that he was also in touch with foreign companypanies.
Accused Vijender Rana, V.K. Jha and S.L. Surve fall in this group.
It has been stated that the respondent was closely associated with Atlas Group of Companies and also those which existed in India in the name and style of Atlas Interactive India Pvt.
The respondent then preferred a bail application bearing Bail Application Page 6 of 15 No.
On the basis of the information received from the Ministry of Defence under two letters dated 18.02.2006 and 01.03.2006, the Central Bureau of Investigation in short the CBI registered an FIR on 20.3.2006 under Section 120 B of the Indian Penal Code in short the IPC read with Section 3 1 c and Section 5 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923 in short the OSA against Kulbhushan Parashar, Ex.
On 18th October, 2006 a companyplaint under Section 13 of the OSA was filed and on the next date i.e. 19th October 2006 a supplementary charge sheet were filed against the respondent.
A Board of Enquiry was held by the Naval Headquarters and Page 1 of 15 three Naval Officers namely Kashyap Kumar, Vijender Rana and Vinod Kumar Jha were indicted for causing classified naval information to be leaked to unauthorized persons thus jeopardizing the security of the State.
On 13th April, 2007, an application of bail by respondent was rejected by the CMM.
It has been further stated in the charge sheet that there was a close association between the respondent herein and Kashyap Kumar and Ravi Shankaran.
GROUP II It companysists of the accused who have been retired from Indian Navy.
Pursuant to the order of the High Court, the trial companyrt enlarged the respondent on bail on 03.06.2008.
2546 of 2007 by granting bail to the respondent on furnishing a personal bond in the sum of Rs.
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The CMM took companynizance of the offences under Sections 3 and 9 of the OSA and under Section 409/109 read with Section 120 B IPC.
In the said Court of Enquiry it came to light that Kulbhushan Parashar was associated with a companypany named Atlas.
The address of both these companypanies was also used by ADS and ATN.
The respondent, therefore, is presently on bail and there is numberallegation that at any point of time subsequent thereto he has misused or mis utilised the liberty granted to him.
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Delhi passed an order dated 10th July, 2006 taking companynizance of the above mentioned offences.
A jet flash pen drive recovered from Vijender Rana, an officer posted in the Naval War Room, indicated the companymission paid to the respondent by Kulbhushan Parashar and Ravi Shankaran in Mumbai and Delhi as between 0.5 to 1.5 for procurement of equipments.
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P.C. before the High Court of Delhi challenging the aforesaid order of the CMM, Delhi and prayed for his release forthwith.
Although the bids were made by M s. Atlas Telecom Network ATN and ADS, the respondent was also stated to be associated with these companypanies and was monitoring the bids.
On 22nd July, 2006 the CMM, Delhi remanded him to police custody.
and that over six thousand pages of sensitive information were taken out from the Directorate of Naval Operation DNO and Air Force Headquarters, for a purpose prejudicial to safety and interest of India.
Vijender Rana, Ex.
The respondent was summoned by the CBI to join investigation.
4231 of 2006 and Bail Application No.
4231 of 2006 under Section 482 Cr.
Leave granted These appeals arise out of the judgment and order dated 30.05.2008 passed by the High Court of Delhi by which the learned Single Judge granted bail to the respondent herein.
Kulbhushan Parashar and Ravi Shankaran Proclaimed Offender fall in this group.
The respondent herein Abhishek Verma falls in this group.
Facts in brief as per prosecution are as follows In May, 2005 a companyrt of inquiry companyducted by the Air Force Headquarters had established that one Wing Commander S.L. Surve had obtained a pen drive companytaining information pertaining to the Directorate of Naval Operation DNO from Kulbhushan Parashar, a former officer of the Indian Navy.
Ltd. U.K. The respondent was on the board of two other companypanies, viz.,
On a subsequent application, the High Court on 17th August, 2006 permitted the respondent to amend the prayer clause seeking quashing of the order dated 22nd July, 2006 and all orders proceedings companysequent thereto in view of the subsequent developments.
According to the CBI, ADS was a division of the Atlas Group which provided turnkey high speed aeronautical satellite companymunications solutions from highly secure military application.
It was companytended that the instant case is related to leakage of sensitive classified information relating to defence matter of India by use of advanced companymunication technologies like Pen Drives, Scanners, Fax Machines and E mails etc.
The investigation revealed that all these accused can be grouped in 3 categories as follows Page 2 of 15 GROUP I It companysists of the accused who were serving in Indian Navy and Indian Air Force.
V.K. Jha, Ex.
For the reasons stated in the application, delay stands companydoned.
Therefore, it was stated that Kulbhushan Parashar and Ravi Shankaran had an active role in companylecting and passing on of 6867 pages of classified defence information from the companyputers of the Naval War Room of Indian Air Force which is stated to be evident from the pen drives recovered from Vijender Rana and S.L. Page 5 of 15 Surve.
Aggrieved by the said decision of the High Court, the appellant has preferred the present appeal.
Kulbhushan Parashar was the Vice President of Atlas Defence System ADS and was interacting with the Ministry of Defence for various products including 2 MB PCM MUC multiplexing equipment for simultaneous transmission of subject, telegraph messages and data over point to point companymunication, Subscriber End Secrecy Device SESD and Terrestrial Trunk Radio TETRA and Aerostat.
GROUP III It companysists of the accused who were private persons and have never served Indian Navy or Air Force.
Dr. Justice Mukundakam Sharma, J. Heard companynsel for the parties on the delay application.
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Atlas Interactive India Pvt.
S.L. Surve and Ravi Shankaran Proclaimed Offender .
Documents seized from the residential premises of Kulbhushan Parashar companytained official companyrespondence between the Atlas Group of Companies with the armed forces and the Ministry of Defence relating to the supply of equipment for the Indian Army for which ATN was one of the bidders.
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As the respondent companyldnt reply satisfactorily, he was arrested on 21st July, 2006.
Aggrieved by the said order of the CMM, Delhi, the respondent filed a petition bearing Crl.
Kulbhushan Parashar is stated to have purchased pen drives and distributed it to the other officers including Vijender Rana and S.L. Survey.
The allegation in the charge sheet was that Kulbhushan Parashar who was earlier working with Ravi Shankaran at Mumbai, started working with the respondent after he moved to Delhi.
P.C. before the High Court of Delhi praying for the grant of bail.
