The district court’s verdict is a major setback for Minister Kokate. If the Bombay High Court does not grant him immediate relief, he will lose his ministerial position and face a two-year prison sentence.Kokate was convicted in connection with the illegal acquisition of two flats under the Chief Minister’s discretionary quota. Kokate and his brother Sunil Kokate were convicted for offences punishable under Sections 420 (cheating), 465 (forgery), 471 (using as genuine a forged document), and 474 (possession of forged documents) and 34 (acts done by several persons with common intention) of the Indian Penal Code. The case against Kokate was registered in 1995 on the complaint of former minister, late T S Dighole.As per the prosecution complaint, Kokate and his brother were allotted two flats meant for the Low Income Group (LIG) on College Road in Yeolakar Mala area under the Chief Minister’s 10 per cent discretionary quota. NCP MLA Kokate will face disqualification as per the Representation of People Act, 1951.As per Section 8 (3) of the said Act, “a person convicted of any offence and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than two years shall be disqualified from the date of such conviction and shall continue to be disqualified for a further period of six years since his release.”
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