India, Oct. 29 -- A sessions court on Wednesday cancelled the arrest warrants issued against former MP Raju Shetti and MLA Sadabhau Khot in connection with a 2015 vandalism case at Sakhar Sankul in Shivajinagar after the two leaders appeared before it.

Sessions judge Aniruddha Gandhi passed the order after Shetty, Khot and several other accused appeared for the hearing. The court imposed a fine of Rs.1,000 each on Khot and Sheeti and exempted them from personal appearance at subsequent hearings until the stage of framing of charges, subject to further directions from the court.

The case stems from an agitation organised by the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana in 2015 over demands concerning sugarcane farmers' dues and the implementation o...