Jailed former BJP president Bangaru Laxman was on Thursday granted bail by the Delhi High court in a case against him for taking bribe in a fictitious defence deal. “The convict appellant (Bangaru) is enlarged on bail on furnishing of a personal and surety bond of Rs 50,000 each,” justice A.K. Pathak said. The 72-year-old [ Read More ]
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Bribery case : Bangaru Laxman sentenced to four years’ jailA court here on Saturday sentenced former BJP president Bangaru Laxman to four years in jail and also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on him for taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh in a fictitious arms deal case 11 years ago. 72-year-old Laxman, also a former Union minister, was yesterday convicted by [ Read More ] Former BJP chief Bangaru convicted for taking bribeFormer Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bangaru Laxman was convicted by a Delhi court and taken into custody for accepting a bribe from a fake arms dealer in a 10-year-old graft case. He was convicted by Additional Sessions Judge Kanwaljeet Arora. Laxman was taken into juidicial custody and arguments on sentencing will be heard Saturday. [ Read More ] |
