Medha Somaiya, in her criticism filed by advocate Vivekanand Gupta, had alleged that Raut made baseless and fully defamatory allegations in opposition to her and her husband.
A Mumbai court on Thursday sentenced Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut to 15 days easy imprisonment in a defamation criticism filed in opposition to him by BJP chief Kirit Somaiya’s spouse Medha Somaiya.
The metropolitan Justice of the Peace (Sewree court) convicted the Rajya Sabha member underneath Indian Penal Code Section 500 (punishment for defamation) and in addition imposed a fantastic of Rs 25,000 on him.
Medha Somaiya, in her criticism filed by advocate Vivekanand Gupta, had alleged that Raut made baseless and fully defamatory allegations in opposition to her and her husband.
She mentioned Raut had accused them of being concerned in a Rs 100 crore rip-off over the development and upkeep of some public bogs underneath the jurisdiction of the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation.
“The statements made by the accused to the media are per se defamatory. The statements have been made to malign my character in the eyes of the general public,” the criticism had said.
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