Ex-IAS officer’s5-year jail term suspended

October 03, 2019 01:33 am | Updated 01:33 am IST - New Delhi

A Delhi court has suspended the five-year jail term awarded to a former IAS officer in a 32-year-old case of recovery of arms and ammunition from his possession, taking note of his old age and medical ailments.

Special Judge Illa Rawat granted the relief to 81-year-old Surender Singh Ahluwalia, saying he had made out a case for suspension of sentence and grant of bail to him till the disposal of the appeal against the jail term before the higher court.

The CBI had filed a case in August 1987 against Mr. Ahluwalia, then Secretary and Commissioner, Labour and Employment, Nagaland, for the possession of arms and ammunition beyond permission limits.

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