A Delhi court has convicted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Raju Kumar Singh in a case of celebratory firing inside his farmhouse in South Delhi's Fatehpur Beri on New Year's eve in 2018, which led to the death of a 45-year-old woman due to gunshot injuries.
The judgement was passed by special judge Vishal Gogne of Rouse Avenue courts, convicting Singh under Indian Penal Code section 304 (II) (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and under section 30 of the Arms Act (punishment for contravention of license or rule).
The court has ordered that the MLA be taken into judicial custody, while listing the matter for June 9 for arguments on the point of sentence. The maximum punishment for the offences is three years of imprisonment.
The court acquitted Singh's wife, Renu Singh, and two others, of the offence of section 201 (destruction of evidence), on grounds of no material evidence.
