A Mumbai court docket on Thursday punished Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut to fifteen days of easy jail time for character assassination, adhering to a difficulty by BJP chief Kirit Somaiya’s partner,Medha Somaiya The Sewree court docket’s city Justice of the Peace positioned the Rajya Sabha participant responsible beneath Indian Penal Code Section 500 (penalty for character assassination) and fined him Rs 25,000. Medha Somaiya, stood for by supporter Vivekanand Gupta, declared that Raut made ungrounded and derogatory accusations versus her and her different half.
She charged Raut of affirming their participation in a Rs 100 crore fraud pertaining to the constructing and development and maintenance of public loos beneath the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation’s territory. “The accused’s statements to the media are inherently defamatory. They were made to tarnish my reputation in the public eye,” her grievance specified.
