AHMEDABAD: A district court in town in north on Wednesday convicted three persons including Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader , (APG) chief guilty of rioting and vandalizing an office of BJP MLA Rishikesh Patel during a rally on July 23, 2015, and awarded two-year jail term to them.
The court has acquitted 14 persons for want of evidence in this case.
Hardik, Lalji and the third convict A K Patel were held guilty under sections 147, 148, 149, 427 and 435 of the for rioting, unlawful assembly, damaging property and for causing mischief by fire.
After recording conviction, further sessions judge V P Agrawal granted bail for one month to the convicts at furnishing bail bond of Rs 15,000 so that they could approached the high court against their conviction. The court said that in case the convicts fail to secure any order from the high court, they would are required to surrender themselves to judicial custody.
The rally in Visnagar was the first major gathering by the Patidars to agitate their demand for reservation for the community in government jobs and education. The incident of violence was reported, and an FIR was registered for vandalizing the MLA’s office.
The court has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on each of the convicts, which they paid immediately in the court.
The court has also ordered the convicts to pay Rs 40,000 to the BJP MLA for causing damage to property, Rs 1 lakh to a person whose car got damaged in this incident.
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