Rajkot: An area court docket in Rajkot on Wednesday sentenced NCP MLA from Kutiyana (Porbandar) Kandhal Jadeja to 18 months in jail for escaping from police custody in 2007 following his arrest in a homicide case then.
Of the overall 14 individuals accused within the case, one died in the course of the pendency of the trial, whereas 12 others have been acquitted by the court docket.
Assistant public prosecutor Mahesh Joshi advised TOI, “Jadeja was convicted beneath Indian Penal Code (IPC) part 224 by the chief judicial Justice of the Peace and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. He was additionally fined Rs 10,000.”
Jadeja was let out on bail by the court docket after he submitted an utility to problem the order, added Joshi. The court docket granted Jadeja one month to strategy the upper court docket for an attraction. Jadeja, who represents Kutiyana Meeting constituency in Porbandar district, turned a legislator for the primary time in 2012 and received one other time period in 2017. In accordance with case particulars, Jadeja was arrested for the homicide of Keshu Nebha by Kamlabaug police of Porbandar in 2007. He was later admitted to a personal hospital on Vidhyanagar principal street in Rajkot beneath police custody.
Jadeja escaped from police custody on February 5, 2007 morning. The guard on responsibility had then knowledgeable the management room about Jadeja’s escape and a criticism towards 14 individuals, together with three medical doctors, was registered with Pradhyuman Nagar police station in Rajkot.