Disqualified Congress MP Rashid Masood appeals against conviction

The court, which has convicted nine students in the case, has also given one year imprisonment each to nine of them. They were released on bail to file an appeal against their conviction and sentence before the superior court.

The nine students, who had fraudulently got admission in the medical colleges, were convicted for cheating. Two of them, including Masood's nephew, were juvenile at the time of the offence and their case had been transferred to the Juvenile Justice Board on January 25, 2007.

The then Tripura Chief Minister Majumdar and the then Health Minister Kashi Ram Reang were also accused in the case. They passed away during the pendency of the trial.

Masood had between 1990-91 illegally and fraudulently, in conspiracy with the then resident commissioner of Tripura, Gurdial Singh, nominated his nephew (a juvenile at the time of the offence), another juvenile and Sachidanand Dwivedi to seats allocated from central pool for students of Tripura.