AHMEDABAD: A court docket in Gujarat's Mehsana on Thursday sentenced Dalit chief and Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mewani and 9 others to 3 months in jail in a case associated to an 'Azadi March' which was lead by him in 2017.
Further chief judicial Justice of the Peace J A Parmar held Mevani and 9 others, together with NCP functionary Reshma Patel and a few members of Mevani's Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch, responsible of being a part of an illegal meeting, underneath part 143 of the Indian Penal Code.
The court docket additionally imposed a effective of Rs 1,000 every on all the ten convicts.
The Mehsana 'A' division police had lodged an FIR underneath IPC part 143 in opposition to Mevani and others for taking out the 'Azadi march' from Mehsana to Dhanera in Banaskantha district with out permission in July 2017.
Reshma Patel, then a supporter of reservation for the Patidar group, was not a member of any political social gathering when she took half within the march.
Of the whole 12 accused named within the FIR, one had died, whereas one continues to be absconding.
Almost two weeks in the past, Mevani was picked up by the Assam police from Palanpur in Gujarat over his purported tweet in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Quickly after being launched on bail within the tweet case a couple of days in the past, he was rearrested for allegedly assaulting a policewoman who was a part of the police social gathering which accompanied him to Kokrajhar in Assam.
The Gujarat MLA was granted bail within the second case additionally and on Saturday final he accomplished pending bail formalities at a court docket in Kokrajhar.
(With inputs from businesses)