'18 celebratory firing death: BJP MLA gets 4-yr jail
New Delhi, July 5 -- A Delhi court on Saturday sentenced Bihar BJP MLA Raju Kumar Singh to four years in prison for the death of a woman in celebratory firing inside his farmhouse in South Delhi's Fatehpur Beri on New Year's Eve in 2018, with the judge slamming the gun culture.
"We need neither a Singham nor a Pushpa in a state governed by the rule of law. The brazen act of firing by Raju Kumar Singh was, however, an inspiration to both such aspirations," said Special Judge Vishal Gogne of Rouse Avenue Court in his order, while referring to the two protagonists in popular films who are on opposite sides of the law and indulge in a brazen display of violence.
The court also directed Singh to pay Rs.25 lakh as compensation to the family of the victim, 45-year-old Archana Gupta.
"The court finds it quite foreseeable that such acts of firing by a MLA embolden others to emulate such conduct in similar or even larger measure. The rank and file of those who seek macho gratification with the imagery of guns being fired would include not only the lawless criminals but also uniform clad protectors of the law," the Judge added.
Singh was convicted last month under Section 304 part II (culpable homicide not amounting to murder with knowledge) of the IPC and under provisions of the Arms Act relating to contravention of licence conditions.The provision provides for a maximum imprisonment of ten years or fine, or both....
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