Disqualified Congress MP Rashid Masood appeals against conviction

He said 67-year-old Masood is acute diabetic and is taking insulin several times a day besides other medicines for his old age ailments.

He also submitted that the trial was going on against Masood for past 17 years and he is in custody since October 1 when he was sentenced to four years jail by the trial court.

Justice Kohli admitted his appeal and asked the CBI to respond to Masood's plea for suspension of sentence on the next date of hearing, i.e. November 13.

Masood was held guilty by the trial court of fraudulently nominating undeserving candidates to MBBS seats allotted to Tripura in medical colleges across the country from the central pool as Health Minister in the National Front government of 1990. The court had also imposed a fine of Rs 60,000 on him.