New Delhi. Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut has got a big relief from the Sessions Court of Mumbai. Mazgaon’s sessions court suspended the 15-day jail sentence given to Sanjay Raut in the defamation case. Additional Sessions Judge SP Pingle also granted bail to Raut on a surety bond of Rs 50,000. This defamation case was filed by Medha Somaiya, wife of BJP leader and former MLA Kirit Somaiya. On September 25 last month, Mumbai’s Shivadi Metropolitan Magistrate court had sentenced the Shiv Sena (UBT) MP to 15 days in jail and also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on him. However, even before he went to jail, his sentence was stayed on the same day.
#JustIn: A sessions court today granted relief to Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut in the defamation case.
The sessions court has suspended the 15 days jail term, imposed on him by a Magistrate Court for defaming BJP leader and former MLA Kirit Somaiya and his wife Medha… pic.twitter.com/m3hmjwLN8F
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Sanjay Raut had accused Medha Somaiya of involvement in the Rs 100 crore toilet scam. Against these allegations, Medha had filed a defamation case of Rs 100 crore against Raut. Sanjay Raut had written in Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana Online in April 2022 that Medha Somaiya, through her husband Kirit Somaiya, used her political powers to get the contract for the construction of toilets in Mumbai’s Mira-Bhayander area for her NGO Yuva Pratishthan. Was. Through this contract, Medha Somaiya committed scam in the construction of toilets.
Kirit Somaiya’s wife Medha is a professor of organic chemistry at Ruia College, Mumbai and also runs an NGO named Yuva Pratisthan. Raut had accused Medha’s NGO of corruption. Was. Against these allegations, Medha had filed a defamation case of Rs 100 crore against Raut. Medha Somaiya had said that this is a deliberate attempt to tarnish the image of me and my husband. After which the Mumbai Magistrate Court convicted Sanjay Raut and sentenced him.
