AAP s Somnath Bharti gets 2 years in jail for assaulting security staff at AIIMS

Delhi | Sunday | 24th January, 2021

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New Delhi January 23A court here on Saturday sentenced AAP MLA Somnath Bharti to two years in jail for assaulting the AIIMS security staff in a case registered in 2016. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader. "The court is of the considered view that the prosecution has duly proved its case beyond all reasonable doubt against accused Somnath Bharti" the magistrate said. 'InjusticeThe Aam Aadmi Party said that "injustice" has been meted out to its MLA Somnath Bharti after he was sentenced by a Delhi court on Saturday to two years imprisonment on the charge of assaulting the AIIMS security staff in 2016. However we feel injustice has happened to Mr Somnath Bharti in this case..