AAP MLA Somnath Bharti Sentenced To 2 Years In Jail For Assaulting AIIMS Staff
A Delhi Court sentenced AAP’s Somnath Bharti to 2 years in jail for assaulting an AIIMS workers
New Delhi:
A court docket in Delhi right this moment sentenced Aam Aadmi Party MLA Somnath Bharti to 2 years in jail for assaulting the AIIMS safety workers in a case registered in 2016.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey additionally imposed a tremendous of Rs one lakh on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief.
Somnath Bharti, was nonetheless, granted bail to allow him to file an enchantment earlier than the excessive court docket towards his conviction within the case and jail time period.
According to the prosecution, on September 9, 2016, Somnath Bharti, together with practically 300 others, introduced down the fence of a boundary wall on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi with a JCB operator.
“The court is of the considered view that the prosecution has duly proved its case beyond all reasonable doubt against accused Somnath Bharti,” the Justice of the Peace stated.
The court docket convicted Somnath Bharti for varied offences below the Indian Penal Code (IPC), together with below sections 323 (voluntarily inflicting damage), 353 (assault or use of felony power to discourage public servant from discharge of his responsibility) and 147 (rioting).
It additionally held the AAP MLA responsible below part 3 (mischief inflicting harm to public property) of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.
The offences carry a most punishment of 5 years in jail.
The court docket, nonetheless, acquitted Bharti’s associates and co-accused – Jagat Saini, Dileep Jha, Sandeep Sonu and Rakesh Pandey – citing a scarcity of proof towards them.
The case was lodged on the premise of a grievance from RS Rawat, Chief Security Officer, AIIMS.
Somnath Bharti had informed the court docket that police officers and different witnesses had deposed towards him to be able to falsely implicate him within the case.
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