Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane Convicted for Humiliating Government Engineer
Nitesh Rane convicted for ‘mud attack’ on govt engineer in 2019 case
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Nitesh Rane, Maharashtra's fisheries minister and BJP leader, has been convicted and sentenced to one month in prison for a 2019 incident where he humiliated a government engineer by forcing him to walk through mud. The court suspended the sentence, allowing Rane to appeal.
- 01Nitesh Rane was convicted under Section 504 of the IPC for intentional insult.
- 02The court imposed a one-month prison sentence and a fine of ₹100,000 (approximately $1,200 USD).
- 03Rane and 29 co-accused were acquitted of more serious charges, including assault and unlawful assembly.
- 04The incident occurred during a highway inspection on July 4, 2019, in Kankavli, Maharashtra.
- 05Rane plans to appeal the conviction in the Bombay High Court.
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Nitesh Rane, the fisheries minister of Maharashtra and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has been convicted by a Sindhudurg district court for an incident in 2019 where he publicly humiliated Prakash Shedekar, a sub-divisional engineer with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). Rane was sentenced to one month in prison and fined ₹100,000 (approximately $1,200 USD), although the sentence has been suspended pending appeal. The conviction was based on Section 504 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which addresses intentional insult, while Rane and his co-accused were acquitted of more serious charges, including assault and unlawful assembly, due to insufficient evidence. The incident took place on July 4, 2019, when Rane, dissatisfied with highway conditions in his constituency, allegedly forced the engineer to walk through muddy water during an inspection. Rane's defense argued that the incident arose from public frustration with poor highway work. Following the ruling, Rane expressed his intent to appeal, stating “Satyamev Jayate” on social media.
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