Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed warrant issued by trial court against Sahara chief Subrata Roy, company's three directors for appearance in an Income Tax case.
The court also stayed till May 25 proceedings before trial court against Roy, others, accused of not filing returns for a group company for 2013-14 assessment year.
A Delhi court had issued warrant for the appearance of Sahara Chief Subrata Roy last month, now lodged in Tihar Jail, in an Income Tax case in which he has been accused of not filing returns for a group company for the 2013-14 assessment year.
Along with Roy, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Devendra Kumar Sharma had sought presence of J B Roy and Ranoj Das Gupta, two directors of Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd, and issued bailable warrants against the two as they failed to appear before the court inspite of its summons served to them earlier.
Apart from these three, the Income Tax Department has also made the company and another director O P Srivastava accused.
With PTI Inputs
