Congress MLA Bhikha Joshi
RAJKOT: Junagadh district court on Saturday convicted Congress MLA Bhikha Joshi and his three sons in a 2008 case pertaining to trespassing and assault and also sentenced them to one year of imprisonment. However, on the request of the accused, the JMFC (Judicial magistrate first class) court of Mendarda suspended execution of the sentence to allow the accused to challenge the order in a higher forum.
According to case details, Joshi and his sons Bharat, Manoj and Jenti have been convicted under IPC sections 452 (trespassing), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt), 323 and 114, respectively, for an incident that took place at Amrapur village of Mendarda taluka on November 4, 2008 when the Joshis had assaulted one Mugar Mahmed Juneja for political rivalry.