India, Aug. 13 -- A special court on Tuesday sentenced former MLA and Prahar Janshakti Party founder Bachchu Kadu to three years of simple imprisonment for assaulting and intimidating a government officer at Mantralaya in 2018.

Special Judge SR Navander, however, suspended the sentence to enable the former MLA from Achalpur in Amravati district to challenge the order and granted him bail for the appeal period.

The special court for handling cases involving MPs and MLAs held Kadu guilty under sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of duty) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code in the case registered at the Marine Drive police station. He was acquitted of the charge under sectio...