We are seeing many influential people who misused their powers getting caught and punished in the last few years. Neither their status nor their influence is protecting them. Right from businessmen to big ministers, everybody is vulnerable and likely to get punished. While their success and riches may have been made easily, these people are running from pillar to post and dealing with anxiety and stress as they try to get out of their current situation.
While those who are in position of power, or influence or those made money genuinely are not facing such hardships. It goes on to prove that getting successful in the right way is as important or even more important than only being successful.
Remember you cannot do wrong and get away today. Satyameva Jayate (Truth alone prevails). Here is a list of all the influential people who were sent to jail for misusing their powers.
| India Resetting – Status & Influence May Not Protect You (As of Nov 2012) | |||||||
| # | Name of the Person | Status | Influence | Arrested In Year | Approximate Days Spent in Jail | Charges | Comments |
| 1 | A Raja | Union Cabinet Minister | Ex-Telecom Minister | 2011 | 15 Months | 2G spectrum | Out on Bail |
| 2 | Siddharth Behura | Union Secretary | Ex-Telecom Secretary | 2011 | 15 Months | 2G spectrum | Out on Bail |
| 3 | Amar Singh | MP | Secretary of Samajwadi party & Member of Rajya Sabha | 2011 | 2 Months | Cash For Vote Scam | Out on Bail for health issues – Yet to be Known |
| 4 | Kanimozhi | MP | DMK party, Rajya sabha Tamilnadu Mp | 2011 | 6 Months & 4 Days | 2G scam | Out on Bail |
| 5 | Suresh Kalmadi | MP & Chair person of Common Wealth Games | Congress chief – Common Wealth Games (CWG) | 2011 | 9 Months | CWG scam & Corruption | Out on Bail |
| 6 | YS Jagan Mohan Reddy | MP | YSR congress party president | 2012 | 6 Months | Money laundering & disproportionate assets | Still in Prison |
| 7 | Yedurappa | CM | Ex – CM of Karnataka | 2011 | 25 Days | Corruption & l& denotification scam | Out on Bail |
| 8 | HD Kumara Swamy | CM & JDS Leader | EX – CM of Karnataka & President of Janata dal | 2011 | 1 month | L& Scam & Illegal Mining | Out on Bail |
| 9 | Madhukoda | CM | Ex – CM of Jharkhand | 2009 | 2 Yrs | Money Laundering & Mining scam | Out on Bail |
| 12 | Katta Subramanya Naidu | Minister | Ex- IT-BT minister from Karnataka | 2011 | 5 Months | Land scam & Corruption | Out on Bail |
| 13 | Suresh Jain | Minister | Ex – Minister of Maharashtra & Member of Shiv SenaParty(MLA) | 2012 | 8 months | Criminal conspiracy & cheating(District co-operative bank), Gharkul Housing scam | Still in Prison |
| 14 | R Balakrishna Pillai | Minister | Kerala Congress chief & Ex-Minister for Transport & Electricity | 2011 | 2 Months & 9 Days | Corruption | Set free |
| 15 | Sukhram | Minister | Ex – Telecom Minister | 2011 | 12 Days | Telecom scandal & Corruption | Out on Bail(Yet to be Known) |
| 10 | Mopidevi Venkat Ramana | Minister | Infrastructure & Investment in YSR Govt | 2012 | 6 Months | Involvement in illegal assets of Jagan scam or VANPIC land Acquisition | Still in Prison |
| 11 | Gali Janardhan Reddy | Karnataka Cabinet Minister & owner of OMC | Ex – Minister Tourism & Infrastructure, Karnataka | 2011 | 14 Months | OMC mining | Still in Prison |
| 16 | Pattabhi Rama Rao | Judge | CBI Court Special Judge | 2012 | 3 months | Accepting bribe in case of Janardhan Reddy bail | Out on Bail |
| 17 | Pradeep Shukhla | IAS Officer | Revenue Board Member | 2012 | 3 months | Involvement in National rural health scam(NRHM) | Released from jail & presently working as a Revenue board member |
| 18 | VD Rajagopal | IAS Officer | AP Mines Director | 2011 | 11 Months | OMC Mining & Corruption | Still in Prison |
| 19 | Y Srilakshmi | IAS Officer | IAS Officer | 2011 | 9 Months | OMC mining | Out on Bail |
| 20 | Ramalinga Raju | Business Magnate | Head of Satyam services | 2009 | 32 Months | Cheating & Falsification accounts | Out on Bail |