Summary:
The penalty of Rs 25,000 would be given to the CM as compensation, the judge said. The judge, however, insisted that Rs 25,000 should be deposited before bail was granted. Minister for water resources Narottam Mishra was also disqualified for three years by Election Commission in a paid-news case," Singh said.Gupta said they will challenge the conviction. After a while, Rs 25,000 was deposited and Mishra was granted bail on a bond of Rs 50,000.As Mishra and Gupta walked out of the court building, he was mobbed by mediapersons. "Mishra said: "This is perhaps the first time that a person who exposed corruption has been sentenced to jail..