New Delhi, April 2 -- A Delhi court on Thursday sentenced Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti and his aide to three years in prison in connection with a cooperative bank cheating and forgery case.

This comes a day after special judge Dig Vinay Singh of the Rouse Avenue courts convicted Bharti, an MLA from Datia, and his aide Prajapati for the offences of criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery of bank records.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs.1 lakh each on both the convicts, which it said will be used as compensation for the victim bank.

During the proceedings, Additional Public Prosecutor Manish Rawat argued for the maximum sentence, submitting that both the convicts had worked for the bank they cheated and, despite bein...