Chief Judicial Justice of the Peace Harshita Mishra of the Tis Hazari Court docket had earlier found Chandrasekhar guilty below Sections 170 (personating a public servant), 189 (risk of damage to a public servant) and 507 (legal intimidation by nameless communication) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
On August 29, the choose imposed 2 years’ rigorous imprisonment every for the offences below Sections 170 and 189, and 4 years below Part 507, directing that the sentences run consecutively reasonably than concurrently.
“The sentence should replicate that the legal justice system distinguishes between an remoted illegal act and a deliberate sequence of acts designed to govern, intimidate or intrude with the lawful functioning of public establishments. The place distinct legal wrongs are intentionally dedicated, every substantial incorrect have to be adequately mirrored within the punishment. The deliberate, calculated and misleading method wherein the offences have been dedicated by the convict on this case warrants a sentence commensurate with the gravity of the assault upon the rule of legislation and the administration of justice. Accordingly, all substantive sentences are directed to run consecutively,” the Court docket ordered.
It additionally rejected Chandrasekhar’s plea for concurrent sentencing and leniency, noting that the convict confirmed no regret and as an alternative sought to solid aspersions on the complainant’s and the trial courtroom’s credibility.
