{"id":16027,"date":"2012-01-08T11:27:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T05:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=16027"},"modified":"2012-01-08T11:27:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-08T05:57:59","slug":"sukh-ram-surrenders-sent-to-tihar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sukh-ram-surrenders-sent-to-tihar","title":{"rendered":"Sukh Ram surrenders, sent to Tihar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/sukh-ram-surrenders-sent-to-tihar\/ailing-former-telecom-minister-sukh-ram\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16028\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16028\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sukh-ram-surrenders-sent-to-tihar\/ailing-former-telecom-minister-sukh-ram\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/Ailing-former-telecom-minister-Sukh-Ram.png?fit=265%2C190&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"265,190\" 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=\"Ailing former telecom minister Sukh Ram\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/Ailing-former-telecom-minister-Sukh-Ram.png?fit=150%2C107&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/Ailing-former-telecom-minister-Sukh-Ram.png?fit=265%2C190&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16028\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Ailing-former-telecom-minister-Sukh-Ram.png?resize=265%2C190&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/Ailing-former-telecom-minister-Sukh-Ram.png?w=265&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/Ailing-former-telecom-minister-Sukh-Ram.png?resize=150%2C107&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a>Ailing former telecom minister Sukh Ram Saturday surrendered in a court here in a graft case and was sent to Tihar Jail. The 84-year-old appeared in the court premises in an ambulance.<\/p>\n<p>Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Sanjeev Jain sent Sukh Ram to jail to serve a three-year term in a 1993 telecom scam.<\/p>\n<p>The case involves award of a contract to a Hyderabad firm for supplying telecom equipment to the government at allegedly exorbitant rates.<\/p>\n<p>In 2002, he was awarded a three-year jail term under the Prevention of Corruption Act in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Jain said that Sukh Ram would be taken to jail in the same ambulance. &#8220;As requested by the counsel for the convict (Sukh Ram), jail authorities are directed to provide necessary medical aid to him in accordance with the norms,&#8221; the judge said.<\/p>\n<p>However, the doctor accompanying Sukh Ram said that the patient was still unconscious, after which the judge allowed him to go with Sukh Ram till the jail.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Saturday, the court directed Sukh Ram to surrender as soon as possible. &#8220;He can&#8217;t go beyond (Delhi) high court&#8217;s order as the court had asked him to surrender before the trial court,&#8221; the judge said.<\/p>\n<p>Sukh Ram has been undergoing treatment at a hospital in Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>The former minister&#8217;s counsel, citing medical problems of his client, told the court that he will appear in the court in an ambulance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is in a state of drowsiness as he has undergone medical treatment,&#8221; his counsel Anil Nag said.<\/p>\n<p>The court had warned defence counsel that if Sukh Ram failed to surrender, it may issue a non-bailable warrant against him.<\/p>\n<p>Nag said that issuance of the non-bailable warrant would adversely affect their case pending in the Supreme Court. He also apologised for Friday&#8217;s statement by another counsel, who said the former minister had slipped into coma.<\/p>\n<p>Sukh Ram was to surrender Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sukh Ram is in coma after undergoing angiography, so he cannot move from the hospital,&#8221; Sukh Ram&#8217;s counsel D.S. Patiyl had said.<\/p>\n<p>Sukh Ram is also accused of showing undue favour to a cable supply company and accepting Rs.3 lakh as bribe when he was minister.<\/p>\n<p>In another case, he was held guilty of possessing disproportionate assets worth Rs.4.25 crore in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ailing former telecom minister Sukh Ram Saturday surrendered in a court here in a graft case and was sent to Tihar Jail. The 84-year-old appeared in the court premises in an ambulance. 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