NAGPUR: Senior Congress leader and former state minister Sunil Kedar has moved the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court to seek suspension of his jail sentence in the ₹150 crore Nagpur District Central Cooperative Bank fraud case. Congress leader Sunil Kedar (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT File Photo) The petition comes ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections expected to be held in October this year. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! Kedar, a five-term lawmaker from Saoner in Vidarbha’s Nagpur district, was disqualified as a legislator after a special Nagpur court on December 23 sentenced him and five others to five years of rigorous imprisonment . Kedar is barred from contesting any polls for six years because he was handed out a jail term of more than two years. The senior leader was accused of diverting bank funds to private entities for the purchase of government securities, leading to substantial financial losses for the Nagpur District Central Cooperative Bank. The six were convicted …