Former MLA will get three years jail in slapping case
Former BJP MLA Bhavani Singh Rajawat has been sentenced to three years in jail within the two and a half yr outdated slapping case in Kota. The SC/ST courtroom on Thursday convicted Rajawat and BJP employee Mahavir Suman and sentenced them to 3 years of straightforward imprisonment every. Apart from this, a positive of Rs 30-30 thousand has additionally been imposed on each of them. After this choice of the courtroom, Rajawat whereas speaking to the media mentioned that he’ll enchantment in opposition to this choice within the High Court.
This matter is of March 2022, when the forest division had stopped the patchwork being achieved by UIT on Dadh Devi Mata Mandir Road. Former MLA Bhavani Singh Rajawat and his supporters received indignant on this. On March 31, 2022, at round 3:30 pm, Rajawat, Mahavir Suman and a few of their different supporters had reached the Forest Department workplace situated on Raj Bhavan Road. At that point, Ravikumar Meena, the then Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) of the Forest Department, was requesting Rajawat to take a seat and drink tea. During the dialog, Rajawat slapped the DCF, after which the matter escalated.
DCF Ravikumar Meena had registered a case in opposition to Bhavani Singh Rajawat and Mahavir Suman and 10-15 different individuals at Nayapura police station in Kota on costs of slapping, pushing and obstructing authorities work. The police had registered a case beneath sections 332 (non-bailable), 353, 34 and SC/ST Act. Rajawat was arrested on 1 April 2022, and needed to keep in jail for 10 days. Later, he got here out after getting bail from the High Court.
In at present’s choice, the courtroom discovered Bhavani Singh Rajawat and Mahavir Suman responsible on costs of obstructing authorities work and slapping. At the identical time, each have been acquitted of costs beneath the SC/ST Act. After this choice of the courtroom, Rajawat’s lawyer Prithviraj Shekhawat instructed that he had filed a suspension software of the sentence, which has been accepted by the courtroom. The courtroom has given one month’s time on this.
After the courtroom’s choice, Bhavani Singh Rajawat instructed the media, ‘I didn’t ask anybody to be silly, I simply put my hand on the shoulder. Now I’ve full confidence within the courtroom and can enchantment within the High Court. I’m assured that justice shall be served.
Report – Harish Acharya / Kota.
