Somnath Bharti gets 2 years in jail for assaulting AIIMS security staff in 2016

A Delhi court on Monday upheld the conviction of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Somnath Bharti in the 2016 case of assaulting an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) security staff and destroying public property, sending him to jail for two years.

A Delhi court on Tuesday sent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Somnath Bharti to jail for two years after it upheld his conviction in the 2016 case of assaulting an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) security staff and destroying public property. The Delhi Police has taken Somnath Bharti into custody. The court upheld the conviction of Bharti under Sections 149 (Unlawful assembly) and 147 (Punishment for rioting) of the Indian Penal code and Section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.