Delhi Court sentences Somnath Bharti to 2 years in jail, HC grants bail

The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi right now sentenced AAP MLA Somnath Bharti to 2 years in jail for assaulting the AIIMS safety workers in a case registered in 2016. A wonderful of Rs 1 lakh was additionally imposed on the AAP chief by the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey.
However, the Malviya Nagar MLA was granted bail to allow him to file an enchantment earlier than the High Court towards his conviction within the case and jail time period.
As per the prosecution, Bharti, together with 300 others, demolished the fence of a boundary wall on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) on 9 September 2016 in Delhi with a JCB operator.
Delhi Court finds AAP MLA Somnath Bharti responsible in AIIMS assault case
The court docket had yesterday discovered Bharti responsible of manhandling safety personnel on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and inciting a mob to wreck part of the boundary wall of the hospital.
“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 mentioned.
The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey discovered Bharti responsible for numerous offences underneath the Indian Penal Code (IPC), together with underneath sections 323 (voluntarily inflicting harm), 353 (assault or use of prison power to discourage public servant from discharge of his obligation) and 147 (rioting).underneath numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code, together with assaulting a authorities worker and obstructing his work and damaging the federal government property.
Furthermore, the court docket additionally discovered Bharti responsible underneath part 3 (mischief inflicting injury to public property) of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act. The offence carries a most punishment of 5 years of imprisonment.
Additionally, the court docket acquitted Jagat Saini, Dalip Jha, Sandeep alias Sonu and Rakesh Pandey, who had been all accused within the case. In 2016, the Chief Security Officer of AIIMS had lodged a criticism on the Hauz Khas police station relating to the assault.
In his defence, Bharti mentioned within the court docket that the police officers and different witnesses had testified towards him to falsely implicate him within the case.