UP ex-MLA Vijay Mishra, facing 83 cases, jailed for 2020 gangrape

  • | Sunday | 5th November, 2023

VARANASI: Bhadohi district fast-track court for cases related to MPs/MLAs awarded 15 years imprisonment to jailed mafia don and four-time former UP MLA Vijay Mishra in a 2020 gangrape case. The court also slapped fine of Rs 1 lakh on Mishra (70), who is currently lodged in Agra jail. The former legislator has 83 criminal cases, including murder, loot, kidnapping, rape, fraud, extortion and property grabbing, against him.Besides the quantum of punishment, the court in its 54-page judgment also said, Committing a crime like rape by one who had been MLA for 20 years will end the faith of people in public representatives.It is like breaching the trust of people that they elect a public representative, to send him to the state assembly or Parliament, but he commits such a crime against a woman. Apart from punishing the convict, giving a message to the society is a must.Bhadohis district government counsel (criminal) Dinesh Pandey said, Fast-track court awarded 15-year imprisonment to Vijay Mishra.

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