{"id":15009,"date":"2011-11-28T14:25:09","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T08:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=15009"},"modified":"2011-11-28T14:25:14","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T08:55:14","slug":"corruption-case-former-telecom-minister-sukhram-granted-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/corruption-case-former-telecom-minister-sukhram-granted-bail","title":{"rendered":"Corruption case: Former telecom minister Sukhram granted bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/corruption-case-former-telecom-minister-sukhram-granted-bail\/high-court-grants-bail-to-sukh-ram\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15010\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15010\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/corruption-case-former-telecom-minister-sukhram-granted-bail\/high-court-grants-bail-to-sukh-ram\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/11\/High-court-grants-bail-to-Sukh-Ram.png?fit=120%2C92&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"120,92\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"High-court-grants-bail-to-Sukh-Ram\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/11\/High-court-grants-bail-to-Sukh-Ram.png?fit=120%2C92&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/11\/High-court-grants-bail-to-Sukh-Ram.png?fit=120%2C92&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15010\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/High-court-grants-bail-to-Sukh-Ram.png?resize=120%2C92&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"92\" \/><\/a>The Delhi High Court Monday granted bail on health grounds to former telecom minister Sukh Ram, who has been given five years rigorous imprisonment by a trial court for corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The court has asked Sukh Ram to furnish two sureties of Rs.10 lakh.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Keeping in view the appellent&#8217;s (Sukh Ram) age who is 86 years old and suffering from heart disease, this court grants bail to the accused,&#8221; Justice Suresh Kait said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I suspend the sentence till the disposal of the case,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sukh Ram, who held the telecom portfolio in the P.V. Narasimha Rao-led Congress government, was convicted Nov 18 for taking Rs.3 lakh as bribe to award a cable contract to a telecom firm in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>He was handed five years&#8217; jail term by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge R.P. Pandey Nov 19 for misusing his official position. He was sent to Tihar Jail.<\/p>\n<p>This was his third conviction for corruption. He was earlier convicted in two corruption cases in 2002 and 2009 but remained out of jail.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court Monday granted bail on health grounds to former telecom minister Sukh Ram, who has been given five years rigorous imprisonment by a trial court for corruption. 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