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Bangalore, Apr 17: The quantum of punishment for kingpin Abdul Kareem Telgi, former ACP Sangram Singh and seven others in the multi-crore stamp paper racket will be out on Friday.

CBI special sessions court had convicted nine persons on Wednesday. Former minister Roshan Baig's brother Rehan Baig and assistant sub-inspector V A Khan were acquitted.

Judge Chandrashekhar Patil, after hearing arguments of both defence counsel and public prosecutor, reserved the sentencing for Friday.

The police had produced four persons, including Sangram Singh, in court while five others, including Telgi, were produced through videoconferencing.

Sangram Singh's lawyer S Shankarappa argued that his client could be sentenced to three years. He told the court that Sangram had already served 21 months and that he was a diabetic.

The CBI after taking over the case from STAMPIT in 2005 had filed an additional chargesheet against 12 accused in the case, including Telgi's brother Abdul Rahim Telgi. However, senior Telgi died during the course of investigation itself. The other accused include Badruddin, Anand Thorat, Ilias Ahmed, Sohail, Sadiq Ibrahim Hudi and Syed Moiuddin.