Cheating Case: Congress councillor Devinder Singh Babla gets 1.5-year jail term
Cheating Case: Devinder Singh Babla gets 1.5-year jail term
1.5 year jail sentence was awarded to Congress councillor and leader of opposition of Chandigarh municipal corporation Devinder Singh Babla by a local court on Tuesday.
Additional district and sessions judge Ashwani Kumar Mehta held him guilty under Sections 420 ( cheating) and 468 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
On March 27, the local court had held him guilty in a cheating case pertaining to allotment of platforms at the Sector-26 grain market.
In August 2009, Chandigarh Police had registered a case of cheating and forgery against Babla, then chairman of the market committee, and Rakesh, president of the arhtiya association of the Sector-26 grain market, for irregularities in the allotment of 69 platforms at the market.
Babla surrendered on December 28, 2009, after a local court issued orders asking him to appear before it or be declared a proclaimed offender.
-PTC News
