A special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Monday issued a non-bailable warrant against Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Kanimozhi, facing trial in the 2G spectrum case, for non-appearance only to cancel it in less than an hour after her counsel appeared before the court and apologised for the same.
Judge O P Saini had issued the NBW against her for December 19, noting that neither she nor her counsel had appeared before the court.
"It is 11.30 am, no advocate for Kanimozhi is present nor has any application for her exemption from personal appearance has been filed," the judge said.
The matter was fixed for commencement of final arguments in the case and Kanimozhi failed to appear before it.
However, the court later cancelled the NBW while allowing the application of Kanimozhi's counsel who appeared before it at 12.25 pm.
"The NBW is hereby cancelled. He (counsel for Kanimozhi) is advised to be careful in the future."
The court fixed December 19 as the date for hearing the final arguments as the counsel for the CBI and the accused sought time to advance the arguments.
Besides A Raja and his erstwhile private secretary R K Chandolia, who were present in the court, other accused including former Telecom Secretary Sidharth Behura, Swan telecom promoters Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka moved an exemption plea through their lawyers which was allowed by the judge.
