According to sources Sureshwar Singh, bharatiya janata party (BJP) mla from Mahsi assembly seat in bahraich district, has been booked by a special court here constituted to hear cases against MPs/MLAs in a 21-year-old case of threatening the Deputy district Magistrate (SDM). He has been sentenced to one year imprisonment and a fine of two and a half thousand rupees. district government advocate (criminal) Munnu Lal Mishra told PTI on friday that after the sentencing, the court has granted bail to the mla to file an appeal against the verdict. This order was pronounced on january 4, a copy of which became available on Friday.
Meanwhile it is worth noting that under the provisions of the Representation of the people Act (RPA) 1951, any public representative sentenced to imprisonment of two years or more is declared disqualified from the date of sentence and for the next six years after serving the sentence. There is a ban on contesting elections. According to the prosecution, on september 2, 2002, Mahsi Tehsil Deputy district Magistrate Lal Mani Mishra had registered a case against the mla at Hardi police station. He had alleged that Sureshwar Singh had entered the SDM office and created obstruction in the government work, misbehaving with the SDM and threatening him.
On january 4, MP/MLA court (MP-MLA Court) judge Anupam Dixit sentenced the mla to two years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 2,500. According to the order, if they do not pay the fine, they will have to data-face additional punishment of seven days. After the sentencing, the court granted bail to bjp mla Singh to file an appeal against the verdict. It is noteworthy that in 2002, Sureshwar Singh had gone to the SDM office regarding a public matter. There he had a clash with the then SDM over some issue.
