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Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani, 9 others sentenced to three months imprisonment of jail for Illegal assembly over Rally 2017

magistrates court in Mahsana of Gujarat on Thursday convicted Fadgam MLA Ginesh Miffani and nine others for Organizing a march from the town of Mohsana in July 2017 without police permission. All those convicted were sentenced to three months in prison and a fine of 1,000 rupees each.

court of Additional Principal Investigating Judge J. a. Parmar ruling noted that “holding a mass gathering is not a crime, but organizing a rally without permission is a crime.” court also Note that “disobedience cannot be tolerated”. Among the convicts is NCP leader Reshma Patel.

On July 12, 2017, to celebrate one year of Disreputable public Skin of Some Dalits in Una that led to a widespread commotion in State, Mevani and his companions led “Azadi Koch” from Mehsana to Dhanira of Neighborhood Banaskantha.

One of Mivani’s partners, Kaushik Parmar, have sought permission for Gathering under the banner of Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch, an organization founded by the Independent Moroccan Liberation Army, from the Mehsana Executive Inquiry Magistrate and was initially granted. Although the march was later canceled by the authorities, the organizers staged it.

When the verdict was pronounced during the conviction of the ten defendants, the court noted that they could have appealed the order of Executive judge before the appropriate higher The authorities then held the assembly after obtaining the appropriate permission.

After the rally, Mahsana Police registered a case of Illegal assembly against Miffany and others under Section 143 of The Indian Penal Code (IPC) where they were not given permission to organize the rally. The police filed an indictment against 12 people in the case.

was the gathering also presence former President of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNUSU) Kanhai Kumar Student Union, who It is now a part of Conference. he is also one of Accused in the case.

But since Kumar was absent at that time of framing of The charge by the court against Accused in April last yearHe ordered a separate trial against him when he appears in court.

The court started the trial against The 10, including Miffany, in April last year. Another Kumar and another accused have been ruled out, who He died.

Last month, Mifani was arrested twice by Assam Police on various shipment. He was arrested from Banaskantha district of Gujarat on April 20 and drive to Guwahati next The morning after a complaint lodged by the BJP leader in Kokrajhar district in Assam over purported tweet against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

On April 25, Mivani was released on bail by the Kokrajhar Court, but was re-arrested in A new case has been filed in Barpetta neighborhood on the basics of Complaint from a police officer who accuse him of “Assault on her” and “insulting her modesty.” In the second Case, he was released on bail last And walked Friday out of jail on Saturday returned to Gujarat this week.

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