Paving the way for the end of the Rs 640 million Bofors kickbacks case, a Delhi court on Friday accepted the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) closure report seeking to drop all charges against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the two-decade-old scandal.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav observed: "At this moment we have to end the case therefore I allow the CBI plea to close the case. I think the CBI has moved this application to close this case after applying their minds, therefore there is no need of wasting public money in continuing the investigation."