Former Madhya Pradesh MLA Kishore Samrite was convicted by Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court in the case related to threatening to blow up Parliament in 2022. The sentence will be debated on February 27.
The court convicted him under Section 506 Part II of the IPC, which provides for a maximum sentence of seven years. However, the court acquitted Kishore Samrite of other charges.
However, Special Judge Vishal Gogne acquitted him of the charges of possessing explosives and endangering life or causing injury. Let us tell you that he had threatened to blow up Parliament in September 2022 if his demands were not met.
The court said that upon examination of the substance found in the parcel allegedly sent to the office of the Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha, it was found that “it is harmless in terms of their ability to explode.” There was a threat to blow up the Parliament
The court said in the verdict that although the charges under Section 5 of the Explosive Substances Act and Section 9B of the Explosives Act were not proved, it was established that the accused had sent a letter threatening to blow up the Parliament of India if his demands were not met.
The court convicted him under Section 506 Part II of the IPC, which carries a maximum sentence of seven years.
Former MLA from Lanji Samrite had threatened
Former MLA from Lanji in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh Samrite threatened to blow up the Parliament and sent a threatening letter to the Rajya Sabha official on September 16, 2022, which contained some demands and a suspicious substance.
The judge said that the articles sent by Samrite included a letter, a suspicious substance besides a copy of the Constitution and the Indian flag.
“The letter clearly expressed the intention to blow up the Parliament using dynamite on a specific date and time, that is, on September 30, 2022 at 11 am, if the demands expressed in the letter by the accused were not met,” the judge said.