SP's Gonda chief gets two years in jail in assault case
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Besides, seven others were awarded seven years' imprisonment and fined a total of Rs 64,000 in connection with an 11-year-old assault case.
The case dates back to Sep 28, 2014, when a violent clash broke out between two groups in Chishtipur village under Kotwali Dehat police station over a land dispute. The altercation escalated into a severe physical confrontation, with both sides filing FIRs, alleging assault and attempted murder.
District govt counsel, Gonda, Basant Shukla said that first FIR of the incident was filed by Sarfaraz Hussain — now the national vice-president of the Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha, accusing Shakir Ali, Arif, Firoz Khan, Mobin, Tasleem, Qayyum, Maroof and seven others of attempting to kill him and his associates.
The counter-FIR was lodged by Shakir Ali, alleging that Arshad Hussain, his brother Afsar Hussain, Sarfaraz Hussain, Masoom Ali of Sarai Zargar, and Ghulam Haider of Daulatpur assaulted him during the incident.
Following investigation and corroboration of evidence, police filed charge sheets against the accused in court, said Shukla.
"During the course of the trial, two of the accused from the first faction, Idrees and Chunnan, passed away, while the cases against five others — Mohammad Jaleel Khan, Waseem Khan, Saddam Hussain, Shakib, and Akhtar — remain pending in the subordinate court," added DGC Shukla.
Shukla said that in the first FIR, Shakir Ali, Arif, Firoz Khan, Mobin, Tasleem, Qayyum and Maroof were awarded seven years' rigorous imprisonment and a total fine of Rs 54,250.
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In the cross-FIR, Arshad Hussain, Afsar Hussain, Sarfaraz Hussain, Masoom Ali, and Ghulam Haider were awarded two years' imprisonment and a fine of ₹11,000 each for the offence of assault.
Reacting to the judgment, SP district president told journalists in Gonda, "We will approach the high court against the lower court's verdict. We respect the court's decision but will place our side before the HC to seek either a reduction or complete dismissal of the sentence. The process of filing the petition has already begun."
All five convicts from Hussain's group have been granted bail until the appeal is heard with the court allowing them time to challenge the verdict in the Allahabad High Court.
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