The Special Court held Masood guilty of fraudulently nominating undeserving candidates to MBBS seats allotted to Tripura in medical colleges across the country in 1990-91 as union minister for health. Masood was Minister of State (Independent Charge) in Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in the V P Singh-led government at the centre at the time of the offence.
Special CBI judge J P S Malik held Masood guilty of nominating undeserving candidates for academic session 1990-91 to MBBS seats allocated to Tripura from the central pool. Masood has been held guilty of offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act and IPC sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 420 (cheating) and 468 (forgery). He has been though acquitted of the charge under section 471 IPC (using as genuine a forged document).
His conviction is the first case after the 10 July Supreme Court verdict, which struck down sub-section 4 of section 8 of Representation of the People Act. The earlier provision in the law gave lawmakers protection from disqualification till pendency of the appeal against conviction in a higher court if the appeal was made within three months of the conviction.