Maharashtra: Big relief to Sanjay Raut, gets bail from court in defamation case.

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Maharashtra: Big relief to Sanjay Raut, gets bail from court in defamation case.

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Raut has filed a revision petition in the sessions court against his conviction and 15-day jail sentence given by the magistrate court. The Rajya Sabha member appeared in the court on Friday and sought bail. The court granted him bail of Rs 50,000.

A sessions court in Mumbai has today given a big relief to Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut. The court has granted bail to Sanjay Raut in a defamation case. He had challenged his conviction in a defamation case filed by Medha Somaiya, wife of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kirit Somaiya. Raut has filed a revision petition in the sessions court against his conviction and 15-day jail sentence given by the magistrate court. The Rajya Sabha member appeared in the court on Friday and sought bail. The court granted him bail of Rs 50,000.

Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Aarti Kulkarni on September 26 held Raut guilty of defamation under section 500 of the Indian Penal Code. Apart from sentencing him to 15 days jail, the court also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on him. Medha Somaiya had claimed that Raut made baseless and defamatory allegations against her and her husband in the media, accusing them of being involved in a Rs 100 crore scam related to the construction of public toilets in the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation area. .

In May 2022, Medha Kirit Somaiya, wife of BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, filed a defamation suit of Rs 100 crore against Sanjay Raut in the Bombay High Court. Raut has accused Medha Kirit Somaiya and her husband of being involved in an alleged Rs 100 crore scam in the construction of public toilets under the jurisdiction of Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation. Medha Somaiya, while filing the complaint against Raut, said that the accused has made malicious and unfair statements against the complainant in the media.

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