The court had observed that according to the evidence placed before it by CBI, it was “prima facie” clear that around Rs 90 lakh was being paid by Manjunath to Singla. “... therefore, at this stage prima-facie it is clear that approximately Rs 90 lakh were being paid by accused Manjunath as per his conversation with Mahesh Kumar on his behalf to Vijay Singla in furtherance of conspiracy of all the accused persons,” it had said.
“Therefore, at this stage it is clear that a conspiracy was hatched amongst all the accused to give bribe to Vijay Singla who had promised through Ajay Garg and Sandeep Goyal that he will use his influence on his maternal uncle, the then Railway Minister (Bansal) to get posting of Mahesh Kumar's choice,” it had said.
It had also observed that according to the conversations between the accused persons, it was clear that Mahesh Kumar had visited the official residence of the then Railway Minister to meet Singla.
The court observed that the accused had prima facie entered into a criminal conspiracy to get Mahesh Kumar appointed as Member(Electrical) in the Railway Board and for that Singla was to be paid Rs 10 crore illegal gratification.
It observed that as per the records placed before it, Rs two crore was to be paid immediately and Kumar had instructed Manjunath to arrange the bribe of Rs two crore through other co-accused.
