A Special Court here on Wednesday sentenced a ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLA and his driver to six months of simple imprisonment in connection with a case registered against them in 2013 for assaulting a man.
The judge of the Special Sessions Court for trial of MPs/MLAs found Danam Nagender, TRS MLA from Khairatabad here and his driver C Raju guilty under IPC section 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and sentenced them to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of six months.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 each on them, Special Public Prosecutor G Narayana said.
According to the prosecution, in 2013 a two-wheeler rider had stopped his vehicle at a traffic signal in Banjara Hills area and Raju who was travelling in a car behind him, later obstructed and argued with him.
They were taken to a local police station by police where later Nagender, who was then a minister in united Andhra Pradesh also reached.
Nagender was then with the ruling Congress party.
According to the prosecution, on Nagender's instigation, Raju beat up the two-wheeler rider causing simple injuries to him after which he filed a complaint based on which a case was registered against Nagender and his driver.
The court suspended the operation of the sentence for one month to enable them to appeal in a higher court.
Published 07 July 2021, 18:04 IST