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Ansal MovesSCAgainst CBI Moveon Uphaar CinemaCo seeks release ofthe cinemabuilding, which hasbeen seized by CBISAMAN WAVA RAUT RAYthecrlmlnaltrialwasover.-The Misal brothers, Sushiland Gopal Ansal, were convictedalong with 10 others Inthe case. The siblings w&esentenced to two years In jailfor "causing death by negligence",but the sentence waslater commuted by the highcourt to one yeaxt An appealagainst it Is pending In the SnNEW DELHI preme Court. They wereAnsal Theatres & Clubotels grantedbail by the apex couflhas moved the Supreme Court on January 30,2009.against the Cliis "illegal" sel Now a director of the compazureof the ifi-fated Uphaar ny Vinod Kumar SaigaL hascinema In South Delhi and moved a fresh application tosought itsrelease sothatIt can have the theatre released frombe renovated and used. The the "iflçgal possession" of theAssociation of Victims of Up" CBI, which has been investihaarTragedy (AVUT) said it gating the case since July 26,would resist the plea. The 1997. He claims that since theAVUT has also sought a more company wasnotan accused Insevere sentence for the ac the case, the CBI cannot seizecused inthe case.the property He claimed itwasThe cinema building -ona unnecessary tokeep the build-2,480-square-yardproperty in ing sealed when the investigattheGreen Park Extension ar ing agencies bad extensvelyea has been sealed since inspectedthepremises.June - 13, 1997, when a fire Thelowercourthadheldthatclaimed 59 lives and injured since the primary evidence inanother 100 persons during the case was the scene of thethe screening of the movie offence and because all strucBorder, The prosecution had thres cannot be reflected Inattributed the high casualty to the site plan, it must be sealedviolations of thebuilding plan so as to allow the trial judge toas some exits were blocked in inspect the scene and examinethe moviehail,the evidence.The Supreme Court, onOctober11,, 2004, allowed the4iisals to mortgage theproperty to financial institutionstoraise 3 crore. Theamount was tobe paid to thevictims and kin of the tragedyascompensation.But the court had disallowedAnsal Theatres fromcreating any other thirdpartyinterests and directedthat the building remainsealed as directedby a lowercourt onOctober 16.1998, till