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Ex-MLA Simarjeet Singh Bains gets one-year jail for defamation
Former MLA Simarjeet Singh Bains has been sentenced to one year in jail for criminal defamation after being convicted under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code by Chief Judicial Magistrate Ekta Sahota in Chandigarh.
Ex-MLA Simarjeet Singh Bains gets one-year jail for defamation
Chief Judicial Magistrate Ekta Sahota convicted former MLA Simarjeet Singh Bains under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced him to one year in jail for criminal defamation in Chandigarh.
Section 500 of the IPC criminalizes defamation and permits imprisonment of up to two years, a fine, or both; the magistrate applied the one-year term in this case.
Bains, who previously served as a member of the legislative assembly, will serve the sentence in a local prison; the specific facility was not identified in the report.
The ruling demonstrates the application of criminal defamation provisions against public figures in the region.
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