A Samajwadi Party MLA from Uttar Pradesh was sentenced to two-year rigorous imprisonment by a court here for attacking a police party to free an undertrial.
Additional chief judicial magistrate Anil Kumar Shukla, however, released MLA Sayed Abbas Ali Zaidi alias Rushi Miyan on bail.
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The judge sentenced Miyan and his 11 associates to two years in jail for attacking a police party to get an accused released from police custody.
The MLA, after getting the bail, said he would appeal against the judgement in a higher court.
The case was filed on November five, 2000 by a police sub-inspector posted at Rudauli police station.
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