New Delhi: Special CBI court in Delhi on Friday sentenced former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala to 4 years imprisonment in a disproportionate assets case. The Court also imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh.
The Court also ordered the confiscation of four of his properties.
At the time of pronouncement of sentence, Chautala was physically present in the courtroom.
Disproportionate assets case: Special CBI Court in Delhi sentences former Haryana CM OP Chautala to four years imprisonment, imposes a fine of Rs 50 lakhs#OmPrakashChautala
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Special Judge (PC Act) Vikas Dhull last week had convicted Chautala and said the accused had failed to satisfactorily account for such disproportionality by proving his source of income or means by way of which, he acquired assets during this period.
According to the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) FIR accused Om Prakash Chautala, when he was Chief Minister of Haryana from July 24, 1999 to March 5, 2005, in collusion with his family members and others, accumulated assets, immovable and movable, disproportionate to his known lawful sources of income, in his name, in the names of his family members and others to the extent of Rs 1,467 crores.
FIR also stated that 43 immovable properties in all, apart from cash and jewellery were accumulated. Apart from 43 alleged properties listed in the FIR, additional properties were also suspected to be of the accused family.
The disproportionate assets were calculated to be Rs 6,09,79,026 and the percentage of DA (Disproportionate Assets) was 189.11 per cent of his known sources of income.
Accordingly, CBI had charge-sheeted the accused for the offence under the relevant section of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Chautala was released from the Tihar Jail on July 2, 2021, from a 10 years prison sentence. He and 53 others, in June 2008, were charged in connection with the appointment of 3,206 junior basic teachers in Haryana during 1999-2000. In January 2013, a Delhi court sentenced Chautala and his son Ajay Singh Chautala to 10 years' imprisonment under various provisions of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act.
