Orai, 11 September: The Former BSP MLA Chhote Singh Chauhan has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the much-discussed 31-year-old double murder case of Jalaun district. The Additional District and Sessions Judge pronounced the verdict on Thursday. After the sentence was pronounced, the former MLA came out of the court and greeted his supporters by waving his hand.
It is worth mentioning that in 1994, two murders took place due to the rivalry in gram panchayat polls . The former MLA was also made an accused in this case. A non-bailable warrant was also issued against him on Monday for not appearing in court. On Thursday, he reached the court in a lawyer’s dress, dodging the police and surrendered. Chhote Singh was an MLA from Kalpi assembly seat on BSP ticket from 2007-2012. After this, he joined BJP in 2022.
Before the sentencing, Chhote Singh Chauhan posted on Facebook on Wednesday saying, “I am being implicated in a political conspiracy. I had no involvement in the said case. But some people were upset with me staying in the area and participating in everyone’s happiness and sorrow. The conspirators will only keep conspiring, but I will keep raising the voice of my people till my death.”
The decision on Chhote Singh’s sentence was to be taken in the Additional District and Sessions Court EC Act Court on Thursday. ASP Pradeep Kumar Verma, CO Madhavgarh Ambuj Yadav, Kalpi CO Awadhesh Kumar Singh, Konch CO Parmeshwar Prasad, City Magistrate Rajesh Verma and the force of 14 police stations were deployed outside the court from 8 am. The plan was to arrest Chhote Lal Chauhan before he surrendered. But Chhote Lal Chauhan dodged the police and reached at 10:15 am in the guise of a lawyer wearing a white shirt and black pants.
At the same time, after a long legal battle, the court pronounced its verdict on Thursday. After the hearing, Judge Bharatendu dismissed the prosecution’s plea. The evidence and witnesses presented by the accused were sufficient to prove the crime. The court convicted Chhote Singh Chauhan and sentenced him to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 75,000.