US EditionMaharashtra BJP minister Nitesh Rane gets one month in jail in 2019 mud attack case
The court said Rane humiliated a National Highways Authority of India engineer and later suspended the one-month sentence while he appeals.
- On Monday, a Sindhudurg court sentenced Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane to one month in prison for the 2019 mud attack on a National Highways Authority engineer.
- The incident occurred on July 4, 2019, when Rane, then a Congress MLA, summoned NHAI engineer Prakash Shedekar to a bridge over the Gad river in Kankavli to inspect highway work.
- Additional sessions court judge V S Deshmukh found Rane guilty under Section 504 for intentional insult, concluding his actions were a deliberate attempt to disturb public peace.
- The court suspended Rane's sentence on Monday, granting him time to appeal before a higher court, while acquitting 29 other accused individuals due to insufficient evidence.
- Describing the act as an abuse of power, the court stated that lawmakers are not expected to take the law into their own hands, emphasizing that such conduct undermines public servant dignity.
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2019 mud attack on engineer: Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane sentenced to 1-month jail
Mumbai, Apr 28 (PTI) A court in Sindhudurg has sentenced Maharashtra minister and BJP leader Nitesh Rane to one month’s imprisonment in a 2019 case of pouring mud on an NHAI engineer, noting that lawmakers are not supposed to take the law into their hands. After the conviction on Monday, the court later suspended Rane’s […]
Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane sentenced to one-month for throwing mud on NHAI engineer
A court in Sindhudurg has convicted Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane in a 2019 case in which he poured mud on an NHAI engineer while he was in the opposition, sentencing him to one month in jail. The court observed that lawmakers are not expected to take the law into their own hands. The court later suspended the sentence on Monday, giving Rane time to appeal before a higher court, and acquitted 29 other accused in the case. Additional sessions …
Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane gets 1-month jail, court suspends sentence for time to appeal
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on Rane, of which Rs 50,000 has to be paid to the engineer as compensation. The court suspended the sentence, granting Rane time to file an appeal.
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