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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>New Delhi, July 25&nbsp;<\/strong>- A court here on Saturday dropped charges against cricketer S. Sreesanth and 35 other accused in the 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing case.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Additional Sessions Judge Neena Bansal Krishna discharged cricketers Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, and 33 others.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Delhi Police chargesheeted them for cheating and conspiracy under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The court announced its order in a jam packed room -- full of lawyers, journalists and other people.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Soon after the court ordered that all accused were discharged, Sreesanth broke down.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Welcoming the verdict, Sreesanth told reporters that he had faith in the judiciary and believed that he will be released in the case.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He thanked god and referred to Saturday as the best day of his life when he could walk away freely.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sreesanth hoped that he could now return to cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in a press statement said the decision of the board based on its independent disciplinary action, shall remain unaltered.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&quot;Any disciplinary proceeding or decision taken by the BCCI is independent to any criminal proceeding and has no bearing,&quot; the BCCI said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In September 2013, the disciplinary committee of the board banned Sreesanth and Chavan for life for their involvement in spot-fixing during certain matches of the IPL 2013.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Delhi Police filed a chargesheet on July 30, 2013, alleging that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his aide Chhota Shakeel were behind the spot-fixing scandal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The formal set of charges, running into 6,000 pages, named Sreesanth, Chandila and Chavan, among other 42 accused, in the scandal related to the IPL-6 held in 2013.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Six accused, including Dawood and Shakeel, are on the run. Dawood and Shakeel have been declared proclaimed offenders in the case after police completed proceedings of their property attachment.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Relieved after the court&#39;s decision, Chandila said the period following the spot-fixing scandal was &quot;the worst part&quot; of his life.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hoping that he will get back to cricket again, Chandila said it was a tough time but with support from his family and friends, he survived.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Relatives and well-wishers present in the court room welcomed the decision with joy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Delhi Police moved a last-minute plea to conduct further investigation in the case citing that the recently published Justice Lodha Commission report has brought &quot;new evidence&quot;.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 23.1111106872559px; text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;(IANS)<\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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