Junagadh MLA and his three sons sentenced to one year jail by Mendarda court

Junagadh: The court of judicial magistrate (First Class) of Mendarda today sentenced Junagadh Congress MLA Bhikhabhai Joshi and his three sons Bharat, Manoj and Jayanti to one year in jail and fine them for Rs. 5,000 for attacking three members of a family in a dispute over a panchayat election in 2008, after finding them guilty under sections 452 (house trespass after preparation for hurt) and 324 (voluntarily causing hurt with dangerous means) of the IPC. The accused were lated releaed on bail. A complainant Mugerbhai Juneja was in November 2008 attacked with a sword, pipe and knife, leaving him and his family member Sonbai injured.