India, Feb. 11 -- A sessions court in Gujarat on Monday sentenced state's former director general of police (DGP) Kuldeep Sharma to three-month imprisonment after convicting him for wrongfully confining a Congress leader nearly 41 years ago when he was the superintendent of police (SP) of Kutch district.

The Bhuj court of additional chief judicial magistrate BM Prajapati also convicted and handed a three-month jail term to former police inspector Girish Vasavada in the case.

"Both Sharma and Vasavada were convicted today under IPC (Indian Penal Code) Section 342 (wrongful confinement). The court sentenced them to three months of imprisonment and a fine of Rs.1,000 each," lawyer RS Gadhvi, who represented the complainant, said.

The case...