A Kanpur court on Monday sentenced Minister Rakesh Sachan to one-year imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹1,500 in a 1991 Arms Act case.
Mr. Sachan, who heads the MSME and Khadi departments in the State government, was subsequently granted bail as the sentence is for fewer than three years, said Richa Gupta, government counsel.
The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court on August 6 found Mr. Sachan guilty in a 31-year-old Arms Acts case, after which the he allegedly “fled” from the courtroom with the copy of the order. A complaint was filed against him with the Kotwali police station by the reader of the court for allegedly taking away the copy of the order.
