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By Satyajeet Kumar: The Jharkhand High Court’s decision to reduce the jail sentence of former JMM MLA Amit Kumar Mahto to one year has come as a huge relief to him.
Mahto was convicted and sentenced to two years in jail by a lower court in 2018 for violation of Section 506 of the IPC. The former JMM MLA and his eight supporters were convicted for thrashing Sonahatu CO Alok Kumar with sticks, knife, bow and arrow in June 2006. Mahto along with his supporters were also slapped with a fine of Rs 45,000 each.
The former MLA lost his assembly membership after the lower court’s orders. Later, he filed an appeal petition in the Jharkhand High Court seeking review of the decision. Hearing the petition, the bench of Justices S Chandrashekhar and Ratnakar Bhengra reduced the sentence of former MLA Amit Mahto to one year, making him eligible to contest elections.
The decision ahead of the elections scheduled in 2024 is seen as a great relief to the former MLA. But there might be some political implications, too.
Silli constituency is now represented by AJSU chief Sudesh Mahto. Sudesh had lost the 2014 elections to Amit Mahto.
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