
Former Madhya Pradesh CM, five others get one-year imprisonment in 2011 assault case
India Today
Former MP CM Digvijay Singh and five others, who were awarded one-year imprisonment, were later granted bail on surety of Rs 25,000 each.
A special court in Indore on Saturday sentenced six accused, including former Madhya Pradesh CM and Congress leader Digvijay Singh, to one-year imprisonment in a case related to a clash with protesting workers of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) in 2011.
The court later granted bail to all the convicts, including Ujjain MP Premchand Guddu, on a surety of Rs 25,000 each.
Three accused were acquitted by the court due to lack of evidence.
Government advocate Vimal Kumar Mishra said that because the sentence awarded to all the accused was less than three years, they were released on bail.
Meanwhile, Digvijay Singh and former MP Premchand Guddu said that they do not want to comment on the decision of the court but they will appeal against the said sentence in the High Court.
According to police, BJYM activists tried to show black flags to Singh on July 17, 2011, when his convoy was passing through the Jiwajiganj area of Ujjain, which led to a clash.
(By Dharmendra Singh)