Tarn Taran, Sept. 13 -- A court in Tarn Taran on Friday sentenced Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator from Khadoor Sahib Manjinder Singh Lalpura and six others to four years in prison, two days after they were convicted in a 12-year-old molestation and assault case involving a woman from the Scheduled Caste (SC) community.

The verdict was delivered by additional sessions judge Prem Kumar, who also imposed a fine of Rs.50,000 on Lalpura, with varying amounts levied on the other convicts.

The court awarded the sentence to the sitting MLA under the SC/ST Act for four years, three years under Section 354, one year under Section 506 and one year under Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. All the sentences will run concurrently, said complainan...