Court sentences Bains to one year

A Patiala court on October nineteen, twenty twenty-six sentenced former Punjab MLA Simarjeet Singh Bains to one year of rigorous imprisonment in a defamation case.

Complaint filed by ex-Health Minister

The defamation case was filed by former State Health Minister Brahm Mohindra. Chief Judicial Magistrate Ekta Sahota pronounced the verdict.

Allegations dating back to twenty eighteen

In twenty eighteen, Bains alleged irregularities in medicine procurement for Punjab's de-addiction centres and claimed links between Mohindra and a pharmaceutical company.

Court finds allegations unsubstantiated

The court found Bains failed to produce sufficient concrete evidence supporting his allegations. It held the allegations damaged Mohindra's social and political reputation.

“accused Simarjeet Singh Bains is hereby held guilty of committing the offence of defamation of the complainant, which has lowered the reputation of the complainant in the eyes of the general public”