Sanjay Raut
Medha Somaiya, the wife of BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, is suing the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray’s faction) in the defamation case.MP Sanjay Raut is out on bail. The hearing in this case was held in Mazgaon court on Friday. The court heard arguments from both sides. Sanjay Raut himself appeared in court along with his brother MLA Sunil Raut. BJP leader Kirit Somaiya was also present at the hearing. The court granted bail to Sanjay Raut.
Furthermore, the court had earlier sentenced Raut to 15 days of preventive detention. But now that punishment has also been suspended by the court. In fact, the court was to hear the related case on Thursday. But for some reason the hearing took place on Friday. Sanjay Raut himself was present during the hearing. In this case, Sanjay Raut has been granted bail on a bond of Rs 50,000. The next hearing in this case will now be January 31, 2025.
Medha Somaiya, wife of former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya, has filed a defamation case against Sanjay Raut. In this case, the Trial Court found Sanjay Raut guilty and sentenced him to 15 days in jail and a fine of Rs 25,000.
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Sanjay Raut’s appeal petition in this case was heard in the Mazgaon Sessions Court on Friday. The 30-day period granted by the Trial Court to appeal the 15-day sentence imposed on Sanjay Raut was about to end. Therefore, the appeal filed by Sanjay Raut against the sentence passed by the Trial Court was heard in the court of Additional Sessions Judge SP Pingle.
Sanjay Raut himself was not present in the court on Thursday. Medha Somaiya’s lawyer had opposed the appeal petition raising this issue. The court had on Thursday told Sanjay Raut that no one is above the law. Medha Somaiya’s lawyer had argued on Thursday that the appellant should be present during the hearing on the bail petition. The hearing was later held again on Friday.
Do you know what the problem is?
- In a report published in Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna on April 15 and 16, 2022, Medha Somaiya was seriously accused of being involved in the scam.
- Medha had said in the complaint that she was shocked to read this news.
- Raut’s statements to the media are defamatory.
- Medha also claimed that these statements were made to defame her to the general public.
- On September 26, the trial court found Raut guilty and sentenced him to 15 days in prison, noting that the evidence showed that Medha’s complaint was true.
- However, the court suspended Raut’s sentence for 30 days and granted him bail to challenge the verdict in court.
- But as the 30-day period granted by the court is coming to an end, Sanjay Raut will have to apply for bail in this case today.
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