Sukesh sentenced to 8-year jail
New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- A Delhi court has sentenced alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekar to eight years in prison for allegedly impersonating a Supreme Court judge to influence his case hearing, observing that the convict showed no remorse for his "mendacious actions" and continues to tread on the "road to perdition".
The sentence was handed out by chief judicial magistrate Harshita Mishra of Tis Hazari courts on August 29 and released on Monday.
The court said that Chandrasekar was being handed out a rigorous imprisonment of four years for the offence of Indian Penal Code Section 507 (Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication), two years for Section 170 (Personating a public servant) and two years for Section 189 (Threat of injury to public servant).
The court said that the sentences cannot be permitted to merge into one another or to operate merely concurrently.
"The nature of the offences, the distinct mischief addressed by each provision, the manner in which the offences were committed and, most importantly, their cumulative impact upon the administration and justice makes this a fit and compelling case for consecutive sentences," the court stated.
The judge said, "Where distinct criminal wrongs are deliberately committed, each substantial wrong must be adequately reflected in the punishment".
The court said Chandrasekhar first impersonated the private secretary of a then sitting Supreme Court judge and later the judge himself in a phone call made on April 28, 2017.
He tried to persuade Poonam Chaudhary, then special judge dealing with Prevention of Corruption Act cases, to grant him bail at the earliest and threatened her with adverse professional consequences if she did not comply....
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