Hassan: The first class judicial magistrate court at Arasikere on Monday convicted JD(S) legislator KM Shivalinge Gowda and ordered him to undergo a jail term of one year, besides directing him to pay a penalty of Rs 1,000 for violating the election code of conduct during the 2009 parliamentary elections.
In the recent past, this is the first time in Karnataka that a sitting legislator has been sentenced and ordered to undergo a jail term of one year. Failure to pay the penalty will entail another 15 days in jail, the court declared.
Shivalinge Gowda was booked under section 171(E) and (F) of the IPC and various other sections of the RP Act. However, the judge held the legislator guilty under section 171(F). As per the Act, any person who bribes voters and treats them with food, drinks and entertainment is punishable with a year's jail term, or fine, or both.
The legislator was accused of hosting a dinner party for the voters of his constituency. He was caught by EC officials serving non-vegetarian food on April 17, 2009, at a farmhouse near Arasikere town in Hassan constituency, where former prime minister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda was the candidate. The returning officer had alleged that the legislator's intention was to woo voters in favour of the JD(S).
However, judge Prakash Kurabettu, who pronounced the judgment, granted him bail besides time to appeal to the higher court. As the judge pronounced the verdict, the visibly shaken legislator took some time to reconcile to the situation.
Reacting to the court order, Gowda said he would respect it. He said he's already moved court, seeking bail and a stay of the order.
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