New Delhi, April 2 -- The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi on Thursday sentenced Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti and co-accused Raghubir Sharan Prajapati to three years' imprisonment in connection with a Gramin Bank fraud case.

Bharti, a sitting MLA from the Datia Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh, was also slapped with a fine of Rs 1 lakh, while Prajapati was fined Rs 2.5 lakh.

Special Judge (MP-MLA) Dig Vinay Singh pronounced the verdict, convicting both for cheating, forgery, using forged documents, and criminal conspiracy.

The court held Bharti guilty of criminal conspiracy under Section 120B of the IPC read with Sections 420, 467, 478, and 471. Prajapati was sentenced to three years imprisonment for forgery with a Rs 1 lakh fine und...