New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended the sentence of Congress ML Mohammed Mokim in a corruption case.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta issued notice to the Odisha government on the appeal filed by the Cuttack-Barabati MLA challenging the Orissa High Court verdict.
The bench said, “Issue notice.” After hearing the senior counsel for the parties and considering all the circumstances, an order has been passed to suspend the sentence of the petitioner.
The high court on April 10 dismissed Mokim's appeal, which had challenged the vigilance court order which had sentenced him to three years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 in a corruption case.
Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar convicted Moki in a corruption case on September 29, 2022.
Moquim, in his capacity as managing director of Metro Builders Private Limited, connived with an IAS officer and others to obtain pecuniary benefits in favor of the real estate firm in the garb of loans meant for the rural poor of the state, the vigilance department said in a statement. -Operate Odisha Rural Housing and Development Corporation Limited (ORHDC).
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta issued notice to the Odisha government on the appeal filed by the Cuttack-Barabati MLA challenging the Orissa High Court verdict.
The bench said, “Issue notice.” After hearing the senior counsel for the parties and considering all the circumstances, an order has been passed to suspend the sentence of the petitioner.
The high court on April 10 dismissed Mokim's appeal, which had challenged the vigilance court order which had sentenced him to three years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 in a corruption case.
Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar convicted Moki in a corruption case on September 29, 2022.
Moquim, in his capacity as managing director of Metro Builders Private Limited, connived with an IAS officer and others to obtain pecuniary benefits in favor of the real estate firm in the garb of loans meant for the rural poor of the state, the vigilance department said in a statement. -Operate Odisha Rural Housing and Development Corporation Limited (ORHDC).
