Coal scam case: Delhi HC declines to stay conviction of former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda

The Delhi High Court Friday declined to stay the conviction of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda in a coal scam saying it will not be apt to facilitate him to contest polls for any public office, till he is finally acquitted.

Justice Vibhu Bakhru said the wider opinion was that persons charged with crimes ought to be disqualified from contesting elections to public offices and therefore, it would not be apt to stay Koda’s conviction to overcome the disqualification incurred by him.