Gujarat: Jignesh Mevani sentenced to three months in jail, rally was taken out in 2017 without permission

Apart from Jignesh Mevani, NCP leaders Reshma Patel and Subodh Parmar have also been sentenced to three months in jail. The case is about taking out a rally in Mehsana without permission in 2017.

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Gujarat's independent MLA Jignesh Mevani has been sentenced to three months in jail by the trial court. The case dates back to 2017 when Mevani held a rally in Mehsana without permission. Apart from Jignesh, NCP leaders Reshma Patel and Subodh Parmar have also been jailed for three months. A total of 12 people have been sentenced by the court.

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The case is about rallying without permission in 2017 when Jignesh Mevani and NCP leaders Reshma Patel, Subodh Parmar took out a freedom march rally in Mehsana despite the ban of the administration. The court convicted them and sentenced them to three months in jail today.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate J A 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.

Fine of one thousand rupees each on all the culprits

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 each on all the culprits. The Mehsana 'A' Division police had registered a case under section 143 of IPC against Mevani and others for taking out Azadi March from Mehsana to Dhanera in Banaskantha district without permission in July 2017.

Reshma Patel, a supporter of reservation for the Patidar community, was not a member of any political party then. Of the total 12 accused named in the FIR, one had died, while one is still absconding.