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NEW DELHI: In a major setback to Delhi police, a trial court on Saturday discharged all accused including cricketers S Sreesanth , Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing case. The court discharged all 36 accused who were arrested by police saying there was no evidence against them. All 36 accused are presently out on bail.However, the BCCI has said that the board's action is independent of court verdict and it will not revoke ban on the trio despite.All accused present in the courtroom appeared relieved after the court's order. Sreesanth broke down and said he was happy to have finally got justice.Police had chargesheeted 42 accused of which six including underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and Chota Shakeel are absconding.On July 30, 2013, Delhi police had filed a chargesheet in connection with the IPL 6 spot-fixing case, alleging that Dawood Ibrahim and his aide Chhota Shakeel were the "main guys" behind the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal.The formal set of charges, running into 6,000 pages, named Sreesanth, Chandila and Chavan, among other accused, in the scandal related to the IPL-6 held in 2013.The accused were chargesheeted for offences of cheating, criminal conspiracy under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and under provisions of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).Dawood and Shakeel were declared proclaimed offenders in the case after police completed proceedings of their property attachment. Police had said that Dawood was the kingpin of the racket.Rajasthan Royals former captain Rahul Dravid and player Harmeet Singh were named as prosecution witnesses in the case. Sreesanth, Chandila and Chavan were arrested in May 2013 on the basis of phone conversations and footage of IPL matches in which they were allegedly caught giving predetermined signals to bookies.The three players of Rajasthan Royals, along with 11 bookies, were arrested from Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Delhi in May. Other accused were arrested from different parts of the country later.The police in its chargesheet had alleged Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel, who have been "controlling the fixing and betting market" in cricket in India, were behind the IPL spot-fixing.