The lawyer representing Dinesh Patel, an accused in the Gupta-linked Nulane Investments case, said he would be demonstrating a "wholly irregular process" by police officers in relation to a search-and-seizure operation at the offices of one of the State's witnesses. On Wednesday, the Bloemfontein High Court heard testimony from the Free State head of agriculture, Takisi Masiteng, who was appointed in that position in 2020.
The lawyers representing the accused, including former officials of the Free State Agriculture Department, who allegedly paid millions of rands to the so-called Gupta Lieutenant Iqbal Sharma's Nula.
The accused in the Nulane trial have filed discharge applications arguing the state has failed to put forward a winnable case in the country's first state capture trial.
The extradition of the Gupta brothers from the UAE hangs in the balance after a major setback for the state in a trial that is the basis for their extradition application.
The state's case in the Nulane R24.9m fraud and corruption trial suffered a blow when acting judge Nompumelelo Gusha ruled most of the documentary evidence submitted by the state inadmissible.