Former Union Communications Minister Sukhram was today convicted by a Delhi Court for amassing Rs 4.25 crore of disproportionate assets that included seizure of Rs 2.45 crore from his residence here.
Special CBI Judge V K Maheshwari held the 82-year-old politician from Himachal Pradesh guilty under various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The quantum of sentence against the former MP would be pronounced on February 24. The maximum sentence for the offences he is convicted for is seven years.
The court said that Sukhram acquired assets worth Rs 4.25 crore which were disproportionate to his known sources of his income between 1991 to 1996.
The former minister was not present in the court to hear the verdict as he was appearing in another criminal case pending in the Rohini District Court and his counsel pleaded before the special CBI judge for exemption from personal appearance for today.
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