Sanjay Raut, Rajya Sabha MP and chief of Shiv Sena (UBT), has been convicted in a defamation case and sentenced to fifteen days in jail. The metropolitan Justice of the Peace in Mumbai’s Mazgaon has additionally fined Mr Raut Rs 25,000 within the case registered on a criticism by BJP chief Kirit Somaiya’s spouse Dr Medha Kirit Somaiya. “The Court ordered 15-day imprisonment for Sanjay Raut and imposed a fantastic of Rs 25,000 on him,” stated Vivekanand Gupta, advocate for Dr Medha Somaiya.
Medha Somaiya had filed a petition in opposition to Mr Raut, accusing him of creating baseless and defamatory allegations that she and her husband have been concerned in a Rs 100 crore rip-off associated to the development and upkeep of public bathrooms in Mira Bhayandar.
“The statements made by the accused to the media are per se defamatory. The statements have been made to malign my character within the eyes of most people,” the criticism said.