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Seven years imprisonment to former PPSC chairman, fines 75 lakh

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Seven years imprisonment to former PPSC chairman, fines 75 lakh
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Seven years imprisonment to former PPSC chairman, fines 75 lakh : A Special Vigilance Bureau court convicted Ravinder Paul Singh Sidhu, the former chairman of Punjab Public Service Commission  to seven years imprisonment in a disproportionate assets case. A fine of Rs 75 lakh is slapped on Sidhu by the court. It is to be mentioned that Sidhu was held guilty last week in a disproportionate assets case. The court had acquitted five people in the case. At present, Sidhu is lodged in Ropar jail. It is noticeable that the Vigilance Bureau had registered a criminal case against Sidhu and five others (Paramjeet Singh, Gurdeep Singh Manchanda, his wife Surinder Kaur, Prem Sagar and Randhir Singh Dheera) on March 25, 2002.
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Seven years imprisonment to former PPSC chairman, fines 75 lakhThe accused were booked under Sections 7, 13 (1), 13 (2) of Prevention of Corruption Act and Sections 467 (Forgery), 468 (Forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (Using as genuine a forged document ) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge, SAS Nagar, Monika Goel, acquitted the five accused in the case, holding Ravi Sidhu guilty. The quantum of sentence was pronounced by the court on Monday.Seven years imprisonment to former PPSC chairman, fines 75 lakhIt is to be noticed that the former PPSC chief was already serving a seven-year rigorous imprisonment in a cash-for-job scam that came to light in 2002. Harcharan Singh Barar , the then Chief Minister of Congress Government had appointed Sidhu as PPSC chairman in 1996. Earlier, the court of Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala had already sentenced Sidhu to seven years rigorous imprisonment in ‘cash for jobs’ scam in April 2015 - PTC News  -
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