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Injustice with Somnath Bharti in AIIMS security staff assault case: AAP
Earlier in the day, a Delhi court sentenced Bharti to two years in jail in a case registered in 2016.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday expressed resentment over its MLA Somnath Bharti's jail for assaulting a security staff of AIIMSand said it feels injustice has been done to him.
"We respect and have full faith in judiciary. However, we feel injustice has happened to Somnath Bharti in this case. Somnath is a very popular leader and is loved by everyone in his constituency. People are quite sad in his constituency as the news of his conviction is spreading," the AAP said.
Earlier in the day, a Delhi court sentenced Bharti to two years in jail in a case registered in 2016.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey also imposed a fine of ₹one lakh on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader.
Bharti, however, was granted bail to enable him to file an appeal before the high court against his conviction in the case and jail term.
According to the prosecution, on September 9, 2016, Bharti, along with nearly 300 others, brought down the fence of a boundary wall at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here 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 magistrate said.
The court convicted Bharti for various offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 353 (assault or use of criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 147 (rioting).
It also held the AAP MLA guilty under section 3 (mischief causing damage to public property) of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.
The offences carry a maximum punishment of five years in jail.
The court, however, acquitted Bharti's associates and co-accused -- Jagat Saini, Dileep Jha, Sandeep Sonu and Rakesh Pandey -- citing a lack of evidence against them.
The case was lodged on the basis of a complaint from R S Rawat, Chief Security Officer, AIIMS.
Bharti had told the court that police officials and other witnesses had deposed against him in order to falsely implicate him in the case.
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