New Delhi: (*10*)A particular court docket in Patna on Tuesday (June 21) sentenced Bahubali RJD MLA Anant Singh to 10 years imprisonment in the AK-47 recovery case. In 2019, an AK-47 rifle, two hand grenades and 26 stay cartridges had been recovered from Anant Singh`s home in his native village and the MP-MLA court docket on June 14 held him responsible of the offence. Besides Anant Singh, the caretaker of his home Sunil Ram has additionally been awarded 10 years in jail. MP-MLA court docket decide Triloki Dubey has introduced the very best quantum of punishment to the RJD MLA and his caretaker.
His conviction in the case is ready to value him his legislatorship in Bihar Assembly. Anant Singh is at the moment an MLA from the Mokama Assembly constituency in the Patna district.
Sunil Singh, the lawyer of Anant Singh (Defense Lawyer) confirmed the quantum of punishment of 10 years jail time period.
“We will enchantment to the upper court docket to problem the choice of the MP-MLA court docket. If we handle to get a keep from the excessive court docket towards this resolution, Anant Singh`s legislatorship will stay,” Singh mentioned.
This morning, Anant Singh reached MP-MLA court docket situated at Pirbahore space of Patna in a jail ambulance.
On August 16, 2019, a group of Patna police headed by then City SP Lipi Singh raided the home of Anant Singh in his native village Nadwa underneath Barh police station. As per the police concept, the raiding group had seized an AK-47 rifle, 26 stay cartridges, and two hand grenades. While the AK-47 rifle was hidden in a hutment behind a giant field, the hand grenades had been recovered from the adjoining hut.
The police mentioned that AK-47 was evenly wrapped with a plastic bag adopted by layers of carbons to keep away from detection in metallic detectors throughout transportation.
