It also alleged that Ghandy and Kumar carried out forgery on the basis of which fake voter ID card was issued to Ghandy. The court also convicted his associate, co-accused Rajinder Kumar, of charges dealing with cheating but acquitted him of possessing forged document. By Agencies | Posted 10-Jun-2016New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday acquitted Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy of terror charges, but convicted him of cheating and forgery, and sentenced him to jail for the period which he has already spent in prison, from September 2009. The court observed that Kumar carried out forgery on the basis of which fake EPIC was issued to Ghandy. Ghandy and Kumar are convicted under Sections 120 B (criminal conspiracy) 468 (Forgery for purpose of cheating) as well as for cheating.

Source: Mid-Day June 10, 2016 15:33 UTC