The Bombay High Court yesterday reduced by three years the trial court’s sentence awarded to Abdul Karim Telgi, who was convicted in the multi-crore stamp-paper scam that broke in 1995.

The court reduced Telgi’s sentence, for cheating and forgery, from 10 years to seven. Co-accused Sanjay Gaikwad was convicted for criminal conspiracy, but due to procedural technicalities, he was acquitted yesterday. The court set aside Telgi’s conviction for the offence of counterfeiting government stamps.