PATNA: Former RJD MLA Anant Kumar Singh, who misplaced his membership of the meeting final week following conviction in a legal case, was on Thursday sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in yet one more matter referring to restoration of arms and explosives from his residence.
Singh, who is without doubt one of the most dreaded gangsters-turned-politicians spawned by the badlands of Bihar, was awarded the sentence by Particular Decide, MP/MLA courtroom, Triloki Nath Dubey, within the case referring to restoration of a bullet-proof jacket, some hand grenades and ammunition from his authorities lodging right here in 2015.
Earlier, he was awarded the identical quantum of sentence by the courtroom in June in a 2019 case referring to the restoration of an AK-47 rifle, rocket launchers and hand grenades from his ancestral residence in Mokama, about 100 km from right here.
The previous MLA has gained Mokama meeting seat 5 instances on the trot as an Unbiased in addition to on tickets of RJD and JD(U) of arch rivals Lalu Prasad and chief minister Nitish Kumar respectively.
He was disqualified by the meeting vide a notification dated July 14 in view of his conviction within the Mokama case.
Identified to place his foot within the mouth, Singh, who nonetheless stays immensely fashionable in his constituency, spouted venom in opposition to the decide after the pronouncement of the newest order.
Court docket sources had been of the view that the ex-MLA might find yourself being charged with contempt of courtroom for the feedback he made on digital camera.
In the meantime, Singh’s counsel Sunil Kumar advised reporters, “We had appealed in opposition to the earlier conviction within the excessive courtroom. We can be doing so within the current matter. My consumer is harmless.”
Singh, who is without doubt one of the most dreaded gangsters-turned-politicians spawned by the badlands of Bihar, was awarded the sentence by Particular Decide, MP/MLA courtroom, Triloki Nath Dubey, within the case referring to restoration of a bullet-proof jacket, some hand grenades and ammunition from his authorities lodging right here in 2015.
Earlier, he was awarded the identical quantum of sentence by the courtroom in June in a 2019 case referring to the restoration of an AK-47 rifle, rocket launchers and hand grenades from his ancestral residence in Mokama, about 100 km from right here.
The previous MLA has gained Mokama meeting seat 5 instances on the trot as an Unbiased in addition to on tickets of RJD and JD(U) of arch rivals Lalu Prasad and chief minister Nitish Kumar respectively.
He was disqualified by the meeting vide a notification dated July 14 in view of his conviction within the Mokama case.
Identified to place his foot within the mouth, Singh, who nonetheless stays immensely fashionable in his constituency, spouted venom in opposition to the decide after the pronouncement of the newest order.
Court docket sources had been of the view that the ex-MLA might find yourself being charged with contempt of courtroom for the feedback he made on digital camera.
In the meantime, Singh’s counsel Sunil Kumar advised reporters, “We had appealed in opposition to the earlier conviction within the excessive courtroom. We can be doing so within the current matter. My consumer is harmless.”