HEARING on former minister and senior Congress leader Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar’s plea for grant of stay on his conviction, suspension of the sentence and bail would come up for hearing before the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on January 9. Kedar, who was disqualified from Maharashtra Legislative Assembly soon after he was convicted in the infamous Rs 153 crore Nagpur District Central Cooperative Bank (NDCCB) scam, had moved the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court challenging the sessions court’s rejection of his plea for relief.

 

Kedar, through his lawyer Adv Devendra Chauhan, challenged the verdicts of both trial courts which convicted him and five others for their involvement in the scam on December 22. He and five others were sentenced to five years’ imprisonment with a fine of Rs 10 lakh each for their involvement in the scam. Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke issued notices to the State to file a reply on Kedar’s petition by January 6. The matter would come up for hearing on Tuesday.