India, Jan. 4 -- In a landmark ruling, a court in Kolhapur on Friday sentenced four office-bearers of a local Ganesh mandal to one year's imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs.15,000 each for violating noise pollution norms by playing a loud DJ during the Ganeshotsav festival.

The verdict was delivered by Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Pankaj Rajput, concluding a case filed in connection with excessive sound levels during the 2016 Ganeshotsav celebrations.

The four convicted office-bearers belong to Ganesh Tarun Mandal in Rajaram Puri and were identified as Yogesh Deepak Mohite (president), Kunal Hitendra Patil (vice-president), Indrajit Sarjerao Naik Nimbalkar (secretary), and Pankaj Shrirang Chougule (treasurer).

The case dat...