Former Shiromani Akali Dal MlA from Rajasansi, Vir Singh lopoke was sentenced to one-year imprisonment in a pending defamation case by a local court on Wednesday.
The sentence, pronounced by local Judge Sandeep Singh Joshan, came on a criminal complaint filed by Congress sitting MlA from the area Sukhbinder Raj Singh Sarkaria under various Sections of Defamation Act. Finding the former legislator guilty, the Court sentenced him for one year imprisonment and fine. It is expected that lopoke would soon appeal against the sentence in the High Court.
lopoke's advocate stated that they would make an appeal against the court's decision in the days to come and formalities regarding his relief for the same were being completed. The former MlA, however, is likely to be arrested and sent to the jail till the time his application for the appeal was accepted.
lopoke had been in the eye of storm earlier also as the Congress had demanded the arrest of senior Akali leader in connection with the murder of Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Sadhu Singh Takhtupura two years back.