A Jaipur court on Wednesday sentenced two Congress MLAs and seven others to one year. Actually, this case is allegedly related to road jams outside Rajasthan University 11 years ago.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate-19 examinations of Jaipur convicted all the nine accused under the relevant punishment provisions including Section 283 (obstructing or threatening in public route or traffic) of the IPC.
The incident took place on August 13, 2014, when the student leaders blocked the road for about 20 minutes outside the main gate of Rajasthan University on JLN Marg.
Those convicted include Mukesh Bhakar, Manish Yadav, Abhishek Chaudhary, Rajesh Meena, Ravi Kirad, Wasim Khan, Drona Yadav, Bhanu Pratap Singh and Vidyadhar Meel.
Mukesh Bhakar and Manish Yadav are currently Congress MLAs, while Abhishek Chaudhary contested the 2023 assembly election from Jotwara assembly constituency of Jaipur but he lost.
Prosecution officer Kavita Pingolia said that after the trial, the court sentenced him to one year jail and each has been fined Rs 3,200.