Director of Public Prosecutions Renson Ingonga has filed an application seeking to withdraw the Ksh 1.5 billion fraud case against Oil Tycoon Yagnesh Mohanlal Devani and his company Triton Petroleum Limited.
In a certificate of urgency filed before Milimani Law Courts, the state prosecutor seeks to terminate the case against Devani and his firm Triton Petroleum limited on grounds that if his case is allowed to proceed it will occasion further delay of the trial against his two co-accused persons whose case has been pending in court for 15 years.
Ingonga through prosecutor Eliphas Ombati wants the case terminated under Section 87 (a) of the Criminal Procedure Code(CPC) as Devani and his company did not plead to the charges alongside his co-accused persons and 24 witnesses have already testified.
The DPP says if the case against the businessman is dropped no prejudice will be occasioned.
More to follow
