New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea filed by alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar seeking a stay on his conviction in a criminal case.
He obtained access to the mobile phone of a police constable and used it to contact the official landline and mobile phone of Poonam Chaudhary, then special judge dealing with cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, according to the prosecution.
Chandrasekhar’s plea challenging the high court order came up for hearing before the apex court on Monday. A Delhi court on August 20 convicted Chandrasekhar for impersonating a Supreme Court judge to influence a special judge for bail in a 2017 corruption case. On August 29, the court sentenced him to eight years in jail in this connection. The high court on October 16 disposed of his plea, saying no case for staying the conviction order was made out.
Chandrasekhar later moved the Delhi High Court challenging the trial court’s dismissal of his application seeking a stay on his conviction and sentence pending disposal of his appeal.
“Having considered the submissions, this court is of the view that, since the appeal against the judgment of conviction is already pending, the petitioner’s objections to the findings recorded therein, including the adverse observations and expressions used by the trial court, are matters which ought to be examined by the appellate court,” the high court had said.
It had left it open to the petitioner to raise all contentions before the appellate court.
