The Ulhasnagar MLA spent nine years in jail and won elections twice while still incarcerated. He was released on bail on September 4, 2001.
A special TADA court rejected the plea on the grounds that it would hardly serve any public interest or advance course of justice.
'Ram Sir was a creator of law. He has his stamp on every leading judgment in criminal law.'
Rediff.com republishes an old interview of the cartoonist on politics
