<p>Sukh Ram's counsel Pawan Narang said he would go through the judgement passed today by Special CBI Judge R P Pandey, who has also imposed a fine of Rs four lakh on the veteran leader.<br /><br />"We will challenge this order in the Delhi High Court next week," he said.<br />The 86-year-old leader, who had been free despite being convicted in two corruption cases, was today arrested and taken to Tihar jail.<br /><br />Sukh Ram, who held Telecom portfolio in the P V Narasimha Rao's cabinet and was convicted on Thursday in a cable contract case for taking Rs 3 lakh as bribe, was handed out five years' jail term by the Special Judge.</p>.<p>Besides the present case, Sukh Ram was awarded a three-year jail term in 2002 in a case lodged under the Prevention of Corruption Act relating to equipment supply that resulted in a loss of Rs 1.66 crore to the state exchequer.<br /><br />He was also convicted and sentenced to three years in jail in 2009 for possessing disproportionate assets worth Rs 4.25 crore.<br /><br />Both the cases are pending in the Delhi High Court.</p>
<p>Sukh Ram's counsel Pawan Narang said he would go through the judgement passed today by Special CBI Judge R P Pandey, who has also imposed a fine of Rs four lakh on the veteran leader.<br /><br />"We will challenge this order in the Delhi High Court next week," he said.<br />The 86-year-old leader, who had been free despite being convicted in two corruption cases, was today arrested and taken to Tihar jail.<br /><br />Sukh Ram, who held Telecom portfolio in the P V Narasimha Rao's cabinet and was convicted on Thursday in a cable contract case for taking Rs 3 lakh as bribe, was handed out five years' jail term by the Special Judge.</p>.<p>Besides the present case, Sukh Ram was awarded a three-year jail term in 2002 in a case lodged under the Prevention of Corruption Act relating to equipment supply that resulted in a loss of Rs 1.66 crore to the state exchequer.<br /><br />He was also convicted and sentenced to three years in jail in 2009 for possessing disproportionate assets worth Rs 4.25 crore.<br /><br />Both the cases are pending in the Delhi High Court.</p>