A Delhi court will rule on the punishment to be imposed on former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala in a disproportionate assets (DA) case on Friday.
On Thursday, Special Judge Vikas Dhull heard arguments from the CBI’s lawyers and Om Prakash Chautala, who was convicted of obtaining excessive assets between 1993 and 2006.
Om Prakash Chautala pleaded with the court to give him the least amount of punishment possible, citing medical issues and advanced age.
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Meanwhile, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeks the harshest penalty for the guilty, claiming that it would send a message to society.
According to the agency, Om Prakash Chautala did not have a clean criminal record since this was his second conviction.
According to the court, the accused had failed to adequately account for such disproportionality by showing his source of income or ways by which he obtained assets during this time, which convicted Om Prakash Chautala last week.
Between 1993 and 2006, the CBI initiated a case against him, and on March 26, 2010, a charge sheet was issued accusing him of acquiring assets disproportionate to his lawful income.
According to the CBI’s FIR, Om Prakash Chautala accumulated assets, immovable and movable, disproportionate to his known lawful sources of income, in his name and the names of his family members while serving as Chief Minister of Haryana from July 24, 1999, to March 5, 2005, in cooperation with his family members and others.
The disproportionate assets were estimated to be worth 6.09 crore, or 189.11% of his known revenue sources.
