MUMBAI, Sept. 16 -- A special court has refused to entertain the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea to record the confessional statement of an accused in the Rs.180-crore loan fraud case against fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya and Kingfisher Airlines. Special CBI judge Dr JP Darekar refused the CBI's plea primarily on account of lack of jurisdiction, and asked the central agency to approach the chief metropolitan magistrate for recording the confession. The CBI approached the special court in the first week of September, claiming one of the 10 accused who had been charge sheeted in the case had, on his own free will, volunteered to get his confessional statement recorded under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The accused was well-acquainted with the facts and intended to disclose his and other accused persons' role in the crime, the CBI told the court. As charge sheets had been filed before the special court, it had become the "magistrate", and could record the confession, the CBI's counsel said. The court, however, refused to entertain the plea in view of section 183(1) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, which lays down that any magistrate in the district in which an offence is registered can record a confession or statement in connection with the offence. The court granted liberty to the investigating officer and the accused to approach the chief metropolitan magistrate for recording the confession....