New Delhi, May 15
A Delhi court today sentenced former bureaucrat Runu Ghosh to three years rigorous imprisonment for amassing disproportionate assets worth Rs 20.94 lakh during the tenure of former Union Minister Sukh Ram. The court also ordered forfeiture of the assets.
The court spared her of the maximum sentence of seven years, considering her age (57), her husband's health and the fact that illegal wealth acquired by her had been confiscated.
“The fact that disproportionate assets accumulated by the convict by illegal means have been forfeited to the state by this court and the convict is already of 57 years of age having one son who is still studying, her husband is suffering from heart disease, convict has been awarded three years rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 1 lakh," Special CBI Judge VK Maheshwari said.
The court suspended her sentence for two months to enable her to file an appeal in the High Court and granted her bail on personal and surety bond of Rs 50,000 each.
The Court had on May 12 pronounced Ghosh guilty of possessing the disproportionate assets under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
— PTI
