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Abdul Karim Telgi gets 7 year jail term in fake stamp paper case

Bangalore : Kingpin of the multi-crore fake stamp paper case Abdul Karim Telgi was on Saturday sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment by a special court here,

Special Court judge Chnadrashekhar Patil also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 each for the two charges under IPC sections 256 and 259 (for possession of material for printing fake stamp paper) against him.

The Court also sentenced 16 others to five years rigorous imprisonment in the same case and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each.

Telgi and the 16 others were convicted on September 14 in the case registered in Madiwala police station in 2001.

Telgi has been so far convicted in 46 such cases across the country.

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