Sanjay Raut leaving from Saamana office in Prabhadevi, hours after conviction in defamation case. Pics/Atul Kamble
Meanwhile, the court suspended the sentence for 30 days and granted bail to the Rajya Sabha member on his application for the same
Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Aarti Kulkarni convicted Raut for the offence under Indian Penal Code Section 500 (punishment for defamation)
After the court passed its judgement, Sanjay Raut's lawyer filed two pleas for suspension of the sentence and granting him bail, which the court allowed
Medha Somaiya, in her complaint filed through advocate Vivekanand Gupta, had alleged that Raut made baseless and completely defamatory allegations against her and her husband
She said Raut accused them of being involved in a Rs 100 crore scam over the construction and maintenance of some public toilets under the jurisdiction of the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation
Sanjay Raut claimed he has been made a scapegoat after his conviction in a defamation case and said he would challenge the judgment in a higher court
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