Mehsana court sentences MLA Jignesh Mevani, 9 others to 3-month jail, also grants 1 month bail

Mehsana: A magisterial court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate J A Parmar here today convicted independent MLA Jignesh Mevani and 9 others and sentenced them to 3 months’ imprisonment in a 5-year-old case of unlawful assembly under section 143 of IPC. The court also ordered a fine of Rs 1,000 each for all 10 convicts. All convicts have received one month bail and they can appeal in the Sessions court in next one month.

The Mehsana ‘A’ division police had booked Mevani and 11 others for taking out the ‘Azadi march’ from Mehsana to Dhanera in Banaskantha district without permission in July 2017. One of the 12 accused had died later, while one is still absconding. DeshGujarat