A Special CBI Judge today sentenced former Union Minister of State, Dilip Ray to three years imprisonment in connection with his conviction in the 1999 Jharkhand Coal Scam..Bharat Parashar, Special CBI Judge pronounced the order in the physical presence of all convicted persons in the case. .Shortly thereafter, Ray was granted bail by the Court on a bail bond of Rs 1 lakh. .The case pertains to irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand coal block in 1999 when Ray was Minister of State for Coal in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government..Earlier this month, the Court had convicted Ray and others in connection with the coal scam..Jharkhand Coal Scam: Special CBI Judge finds former Minister of State Dilip Ray guilty.Dilip Ray was convicted of conspiracy, cheating, and criminal breach of trust under Sections 120-B, 409, and 420 of the Indian Penal Code. Additionally, he was found to have violated provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act; converting property for his own use and for taking illegal gratification..Apart from Ray, the court had also convicted two former senior officials of the Ministry of Coal Pradip Kumar Banerjee and Nitya Nand Gautam, as well as the Director of Castron Technologies Limited, Mahendra Kumar Aggarwalla..Today, Banerjee, Gautam and Kumar were also sentenced to three-year imprisonment. .A fine of Rs 10 lakh was also imposed on all convicts. A fine of Rs 60 lakh and Rs 10 lakh was imposed on the two Corporate convicts, Castron Technologies Ltd and Castron Mining Ltd, respectively. .Read the Order:
A Special CBI Judge today sentenced former Union Minister of State, Dilip Ray to three years imprisonment in connection with his conviction in the 1999 Jharkhand Coal Scam..Bharat Parashar, Special CBI Judge pronounced the order in the physical presence of all convicted persons in the case. .Shortly thereafter, Ray was granted bail by the Court on a bail bond of Rs 1 lakh. .The case pertains to irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand coal block in 1999 when Ray was Minister of State for Coal in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government..Earlier this month, the Court had convicted Ray and others in connection with the coal scam..Jharkhand Coal Scam: Special CBI Judge finds former Minister of State Dilip Ray guilty.Dilip Ray was convicted of conspiracy, cheating, and criminal breach of trust under Sections 120-B, 409, and 420 of the Indian Penal Code. Additionally, he was found to have violated provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act; converting property for his own use and for taking illegal gratification..Apart from Ray, the court had also convicted two former senior officials of the Ministry of Coal Pradip Kumar Banerjee and Nitya Nand Gautam, as well as the Director of Castron Technologies Limited, Mahendra Kumar Aggarwalla..Today, Banerjee, Gautam and Kumar were also sentenced to three-year imprisonment. .A fine of Rs 10 lakh was also imposed on all convicts. A fine of Rs 60 lakh and Rs 10 lakh was imposed on the two Corporate convicts, Castron Technologies Ltd and Castron Mining Ltd, respectively. .Read the Order: