The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 each on all the 10 convicts. (File Image: IANS)
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate JA Parmar convicted Mevani and nine others, including NCP functionary Reshma Patel and some members of Mevani’s Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch, of being part of an unlawful assembly under section 143 of the Indian Penal Code.
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A magisterial court here on Thursday convicted independent Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani and nine others and sentenced them to three months’ imprisonment in a five-year-old case of carrying out ‘Azadi March’ without permission. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate JA Parmar convicted Mevani and nine others, including NCP functionary Reshma Patel and some members of Mevani’s Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch, of being part of an unlawful assembly under section 143 of the Indian Penal Code.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 each on all the 10 convicts. The Mehsana ‘A’ Division Police had registered an FIR against Mevani and others under section 143 of the IPC in July 2017 for taking out an ‘Azadi March’ from Mehsana to Dhanera in Banaskantha district without permission. Reshma Patel, then, was a supporter of reservation. The Patidar community was not a member of any political party when he took part in the march. Of the total 12 accused named in the FIR, one had died, while one is still absconding.
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