Justice Siddharth Mridul extended Ajay's interim bail till February 7 on medical grounds. The court asked CBI to verify the medical records produced by Ajay, an Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) MLA from Dabwali constituency of Haryana.
On January 22, the trial court had convicted and sentenced Om Prakash Chautala and nine others, including Ajay, to 10 years jail term for illegally recruiting 3,206 junior teachers in 2000.
All of them were held guilty of cheating, forgery, using fake documents as genuine, conspiracy under the IPC and for abusing their official position under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
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