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Time of India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Two Cong MLAs sentenced to jail for obstructing road in '14
1 2 3 4 Jaipur: A Jaipur court Tuesday sentenced two Congress MLAs, Mukesh Bhakar and Manish Yadav, along with seven others, to one-year simple imprisonment for blocking traffic outside Rajasthan University more than a decade ago. The demonstration, held on Aug 13, 2014, was part of an agitation against inclusion of Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) in the UPSC preliminary exam. It disrupted traffic on JLN Marg outside the university's main gate for about 20 minutes. Following the sentencing, the court suspended the sentence, giving them a month to appeal the decision. Additional chief judicial magistrate-19 (ACJM-19), Jaipur Metropolitan First, found all nine accused guilty of unlawful assembly and obstructing a public road. Those convicted include Ladnun MLA Mukesh Bhakar and Shahpura MLA Manish Yadav, along with Abhishek Chaudhary, who contested from Jhotwara on a Congress ticket. Also convicted are Rajesh Meena, Ravi Kirad alias Ravikant, Wasim Khan, Dron Yadav, Bhanupratap Singh, and Vidhyadhar Meel. Prosecution officer Kavita Pingolia said police filed a chargesheet in the case on Aug 11, 2016. During the trial, some of the accused argued they were not present at the protest site and their names were not in the original FIR. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Walgreens Keeps Quiet About This '9 Pills for $7' Generic Cialis Deal Health Alliance by Friday Plans Learn More Undo However, prosecution witnesses testified that those chargesheeted were present at the scene, and their testimony remained consistent throughout. The court dismissed the defence's argument that the case was politically motivated, stating that the evidence clearly pointed to the involvement of all nine accused. During the trial, the prosecution presented four witnesses, all of whom were policemen. To support their statements, the prosecution also submitted documentary evidence. These included the site map of the incident, a copy of the daily diary entry, and a certified copy of the original FIR. Under Section 147 of IPC (rioting), each convict was sentenced to one year of simple imprisonment and fined Rs 3,000. If the fine is not paid, they will serve an additional month in jail. Under Section 283 of IPC (causing obstruction in a public way), they were each fined Rs 200, with the alternative of 15 days in jail if unpaid.
The Hindu
4 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Two Congress MLAs jailed for blocking Jaipur road in 2014
A magistrate's court here sentenced two sitting Congress MLAs and seven others to one-year imprisonment on Wednesday (June 18, 2025) in an 11-year-old case of unlawful assembly and blocking of a public road outside the University of Rajasthan during a protest. The convicts also included an unsuccessful Congress candidate in the 2023 Rajasthan Assembly election. Congress MLAs Mukesh Bhakar, elected from Ladnun, and Manish Yadav, representing Shahpura, were among the student leaders who staged a protest and blocked Jawaharlal Nehru Marg outside the university's gate for about 20 minutes on August 13, 2014. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Parikshita Detha found them guilty after a protracted trial lasting 11 years. The two MLAs, who were then National Students' Union of India (NSUI) leaders, had gathered along with about 200 students at the university's gate to protest against the process followed for the Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission to postgraduate courses. The State was ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party at the time. The nine were convicted under Sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 283 (danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation), and 341 (wrongful restraint) of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to one year's imprisonment each, along with a fine of ₹3,200 each. Bail granted The court granted bail to all the convicts and gave them one month's time to file an appeal in a higher court. Among the convicts, Abhishek Chaudhary contested the 2023 Assembly election as a Congress candidate from Jaipur's Jhotwara constituency and lost. The other convicts in the case are Rajesh Meena, Ravi Kirad, Wasim Khan, Dron Yadav, Bhanu Pratap Singh, and Vidyadhar Meel. The court observed that their protest had led to a complete blockade of Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, which is an important arterial road in Jaipur, and caused a significant traffic disruption. The Assembly membership of both Mr. Bhakar and Mr. Yadav will remain unaffected, as a legislator can be disqualified only on being convicted of an offence with a two-year sentence or more, as per Section 8(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. The Assembly membership of Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Kanwar Lal Meena was terminated last month after he was sentenced to three years in jail in a 20-year-old case for brandishing a revolver at a Sub-Divisional Magistrate. Baran district's Anta Assembly seat has fallen vacant after Meena's disqualification.
Indian Express
4 days ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Two sitting Rajasthan MLAs sentenced to 1-year jail in 2014 road blocking case
Two Congress legislators from Rajasthan are among nine who were sentenced to a year in jail Wednesday for blocking a major road during a protest in 2014. All nine, including Shahpura MLA Manish Yadav and Ladnun MLA Mukesh Bhakar, were found guilty under sections 147 (punishment for rioting) and 283 (causing danger or obstruction in a public way or line of navigation). The court of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Jaipur also imposed a fine of Rs 3,200 on the convicts, which includes Congress leader Abhishek Chaudhary, who unsuccessfully contested the 2023 Rajasthan assembly polls from Jhotwara. Although they have been convicted, Yadav and Bhakar will not face disqualification from the Rajasthan assembly since the jail terms are under the two years mandated under The Representation of the People Act, 1951. The convicts were part of an August 2014 protest at Rajasthan University. According to court documents, the protesters from the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) blocked the Jawaharlal Nehru Marg outside the main gate of Rajasthan University for 20 minutes, prompting the police to book them. Police filed a chargesheet in the case on August 11, 2016. Yadav was then part of the ABVP but he eventually joined the Congress and won the 2023 assembly polls. The others convicted in the case have been identified as Rajesh Meena, Ravi Kirad, Wasim Khan, Dron Yadav, Bhanu Pratap Singh and Vidyadhar Meel. Since the offence is bailable, all convicts have been released on bail immediately after the sentencing.
Hindustan Times
02-06-2025
- Hindustan Times
Three criminals caught after police encounters in Jaunpur
– Three criminals were arrested in separate police encounters in Jaunpur district during the early hours of Monday. The encounters took place under Khetasarai, Jalalpur, and Line Bazar police station areas. According to the police, the accused have been identified as Manish Yadav from Khetasarai, Kishan Saroj from Jalalpur, and Naseem Ahmad, also known as Kallu Kankali, from Line Bazar. In the Khetasarai area, police spotted a suspicious bike rider near Bhudkuda village. When asked to stop, the rider tried to run over a police officer and fled. The outpost in-charge informed the station officer, and the team followed the rider. He was surrounded near a school and started firing at the police. Police returned fire and injured the man in the left leg. He was caught and taken to the government hospital in Sondhi. He was identified as Manish Yadav, a resident of Jaunpur. Police recovered a pistol, three empty shells, and a motorcycle. Four cases are registered against him in different police stations in the district. In another case, police tried to stop a bike rider near a garden in Chittauna Lohgajar under Jalalpur police station. The man opened fire when signalled to stop. Police fired back and arrested him. He was identified as Kishan Saroj, a resident of Jaunpur. He was given first aid in Rehti. Police recovered a country-made pistol of .315 bore, one live cartridge, one empty cartridge, and a motorcycle without a license plate. Seven cases are registered against him in Jaunpur. In the Line Bazar area, police received a tip-off that some miscreants would gather near the Nevada under bridge. A suspect was seen on a kutcha road, and two police teams surrounded him. The man started firing at the police. In return fire, he was shot in the left leg and caught. He was admitted to the district hospital for treatment. He was identified as Naseem Ahmad alias Kallu Kankali, a resident of Khetasarai. He is a known cattle smuggler. A pistol of .32 bore, three live cartridges, and ₹660 were recovered from him. Six cases related to cow smuggling and the Arms Act are registered against him in Jaunpur and nearby districts. Circle officer city, Devesh Singh, confirmed all three arrests and said further legal action is being taken.
Hans India
28-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Cache of arms, IEDs recovered in anti-Maoist operation in Jharkhand's Latehar
Latehar (Jharkhand): Security forces have recovered a large cache of arms and explosives, including eight improvised explosive devices (IEDs), during an intensive anti-Maoist operation in the forested region of Netarhat in Jharkhand's Latehar district, officials said on Wednesday. According to police officials, Maoist cadres had planted the IEDs underground in the Tutapani forest and surrounding hilly terrain under Netarhat police station limits to target security personnel patrolling the area. Each IED weighed around 0.5 kg. These were safely neutralised on-site by the bomb disposal squad, police said. The discovery came amid an ongoing operation launched after an encounter on May 26 in which Maoist commander Manish Yadav, carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh, was killed. During the same operation, zonal commander Kundan Kherwar, with a bounty of Rs 10 lakh on his head, was apprehended. Following the encounter, Latehar SP Kumar Gaurav ordered a massive cordon-and-search operation in the region. Acting on intelligence inputs, joint teams from Manika and Garu police stations, along with personnel from the Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) B Set-147, combed the area intensively. Latehar police stated that the recoveries during the search operation included a 7.62 mm rifle, a 9 mm carbine, forty live cartridges of 7.62 mm and 5.56 mm, seventy-nine live cartridges of 9 mm, four SLR rifle magazines, four magazines of 9 mm carbine, a magazine cover for a 9 mm firearm, military-grade pouches, rifle cleaning rods and oil, and a Motorola wireless communication set. The recovered items suggest the kind of preparations the Maoist squad operating in the region had made. On May 26-27, security forces in the Hussainabad subdivision of neighbouring Palamu district gunned down another top Maoist leader, Tulsi Bhuiyan. An SLR rifle and other arms were seized from the site of that operation as well. Police have said that search and combing operations will continue in both districts to root out any remaining presence of Maoists and dismantle their logistical networks.
