Gujarat Man Jailed For 18 Months For Throwing Sandals At High Court Judge

In his statement to the police, Bhavanidas Bavaji had claimed that he thrown his sandals at the judge out of frustration over the long pendency of his case.

A magisterial court in Ahmedabad sentenced a tea vendor from Gujarat's Rajkot district to 18 months in jail for throwing his sandals at a high court judge in 2012, out of frustration over long pendency of his case. Chief judicial magistrate VA Dhadhal of Mirzapur rural court on Thursday held Bhavanidas Bavaji guilty as charged under section 353 of the Indian Penal Code (assault on a government servant to deter him from discharging his duty). In his statement to the police, Mr Bavaji had claimed that he thrown his sandals at the judge out of frustration over the long pendency of his case. While noting that the act of throwing sandals at a judge is "highly condemnable", magistrate Dhadhal refused to grant Mr Bavaji benefits of probation, a provision of releasing convicts for good conduct.