Pune, March 17 The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Maharashtra Police has filed the charge sheet against DRDO scientist Pradeep Kurulkar, accused of providing confidential information to a Pakistani intelligence operative, before a magistrate's court here.
On Monday, Sessions Judge P Y Ladekar directed the ATS to file the charge sheet before the competent magistrate's court in accordance with the Official Secrets Act, 1923.
Accordingly, the charge sheet was filed before the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Anti-Corruption Court, and further proceedings will take place before this court, officials said.
Kurulkar's lawyers, Rhishikesh Ganu and Raghav Puranik, had challenged the maintainability of the prosecution's case before the sessions court.
The matter will now come up before the magistrate on March 27.
Kurulkar, who was then the director of a laboratory affiliated with the Defence Research and Development Organisation in Pune, was arrested in May 2023.
