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BJP MLA Kanwar Lal Meena Surrenders to Jail After Supreme Court Upholds Conviction

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Kanwar Lal Meena, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Rajasthan, has surrendered to a trial court in Jhalawar district after the Supreme Court upheld his conviction and three-year sentencing for threatening an official in a 20-year-old case. Meena's surrender came on the last day of the deadline set by the Supreme Court, which rejected his plea challenging his conviction and sentencing by a lower court. The MLA was accused of obstructing government work and threatening a sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) by putting a gun to his head and threatening to kill him on January 3, 2005.

Key Takeaways:

  • BJP MLA Kanwar Lal Meena surrendered to a trial court in Jhalawar district after the Supreme Court upheld his conviction and three-year sentencing.
  • Meena was accused of obstructing government work and threatening a sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) by putting a gun to his head and threatening to kill him on January 3, 2005.
  • The Supreme Court rejected Meena's plea challenging his conviction and sentencing by a lower court and gave him two weeks to surrender on May 7.
  • Meena has been sent to the Aklera Jail in Jhalawar by the court, and his lawyers have filed a review petition in the Supreme Court.
  • The Opposition Congress has demanded Meena's disqualification as the member of the legislative assembly, citing the Representation of the People Act (RPA), 1951, which states that conviction of an MLA leading to a sentence of imprisonment for two years or more automatically triggers disqualification.
  • Rajasthan assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani has sought legal opinion of the state advocate general on the termination of Meena's membership, and the Congress is planning to move the Supreme Court seeking Meena's disqualification.

Statistics:

  • 3 years: The length of Meena's imprisonment sentence.
  • 20 years: The duration of the case against Meena.
  • 5,000: The number of words in Meena's SLP filed in the Supreme Court.
  • 72 hours: The time given to Meena to surrender to the trial court.
  • 22: The date of May when Meena surrendered to the court.
  • 1951: The year in which the Representation of the People Act was passed.

Sources:

  • HT Digital Content Services
  • HT Jaipur
  • The Supreme Court of India
  • Rajasthan High Court
  • The Representation of the People Act, 1951

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