New Delhi: Former BJP President Bangaru Laxman will walk out of Tihar Jail on Friday evening after Delhi High Court granted him bail in the fake arms deal case on Thursday. Bangaru had been convicted and sentenced to four years in prison after he was caught on camera taking a bribe of Rs one lakh in April 2012. Bangaru was released on a Rs 50,000 bail bond.
72-year-old Bangaru was taken into custody on April 27 to serve a four year imprisonment awarded by a special CBI court for taking Rs one lakh as bribe from some undercover journalists in 2001 to fix a fictitious defence deal to supply some equipment to the Indian Army.
On September 4, Bangaru had moved the high court seeking bail in the case on the ground that he was old and suffering from various ailments. He had also cited a high court judgement on sting operations and said that inducing a person to commit a crime is "prohibited".
Bangaru was caught on camera in the sting operation accepting money in his chamber in the party headquarters and had to quit as BJP chief shortly after the expose which had created a huge political storm. The sting was conducted by news portal tehelka.com. The video CDs were released by the portal on March 13, 2001....
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07:57 AM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: Eleven years after a sting operation showed him taking a bribe of RS 1 lakh, former BJP President Bangaru Laxman was fined Rs 1 lakh and sentenced to four years in prison. His lawyers said they would contest the verdict and in the meanwhile Laxman will continue to stay in Tihar Jail after his conviction on Friday. Bangaru Laxman's body language clearly indicated that he was dejected with...
09:23 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court sentenced former BJP president Bangaru Laxman to four years in jail in the 2001 fake arms deal case. Bangaru has also been imposed with a fine of Rs one lakh. Bangaru was convicted for taking a Rs one lakh bribe to push a defence deal in a sting operation 11 years ago. The court came tough on corruption and said in its judgement, "Time to...
08:33 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Bangaru Laxman's lawyers termed the court's order as 'harsh punishment' and said the court should have considered factors like his medical status. ...
05:06 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman spent his first night in jail on Friday. The Supreme Court convicted Bangaru for taking a Rs one lakh bribe to push a defence deal in a sting operation 11 years ago. The court in its 155-page judgement on Thursday said Laxman received money to "influence the public servants". Bangaru's sentencing will be announced later on Saturday. "The accused Bangaru Laxman on January...
06:13 AM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: Eleven years after it broke, the Tehelka sting operation has returned to haunt the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). A court on Friday convicted former party president Bangaru Laxman who was caught on camera taking Rs 1 lakh bribe. As the BJP distanced itself from him, the Congress was quick to point fingers. Bangaru Laxman has been convicted in the 2001 fictitious arms deal case under the Prevention of...
08:58 PM, Apr 27, 2012
