The Madras High Court on Thursday, December 21, 2023, sentenced T.N. Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy and his wife P. Visalakshi to three years of simple imprisonment in one of the disproportionate asset cases in which they were convicted on Tuesday after the reversal of their 2016 acquittal by a trial court.
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Justice G. Jayachandran also imposed a fine of ₹50 lakh each on the both the convicts and ordered that they must undergo imprisonment for six more months if they fail to pay the fine amount imposed in view of the gravity of the offence of corruption.