Mumbai, March 19 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday suspended the sentence awarded to ex-MLA Omprakash alias Bacchu Kadu, a leader of Prahar Janshakti Party, in connection with the 2017 case for allegedly abusing and attempting to hit the then Nashik Municipal Commissioner, Abhishek Krishna.
According to a lawyer, Kadu's party was in an alliance with the than Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis-led government in Maharashtra. He was booked in 2017 by the Sarkarwada police in Nashik on allegations that he had abused and attempted to hit Commissioner Krishna.
The Nashik Sessions court had convicted him for committing an offence punishable under sections 353 (assault or use of criminal force on a public servant) and 504 (intentional insult) of...