Former Congress MLA,30 others convicted for road blockage in Amangal

HYDERABAD: It has been a common practice for politicians to block the road to organize a protest by putting motorists in great difficulty. On Wednesday, Special Sessions Court for MP & MLA cases in Nampally, convicted former Congress MLA Vamshichand Reddy, who then represented Kalwakurthy assembly constituency, and 30 others for blocking the highway in the year 2015.
The Special Court judge Ch VRR Varaprasad convicted 31 accused under section 143 and 341 of IPC and punished them by levying a total fine of Rs 3,500 each. This is the fourth conviction given by the court for public representatives ever since this special court was set up.
Additional public prosecutor G Narayana during the trial produced witnesses to prove before the court that the accused blocked the highway 765 on July 30, 2015.
The protest was then done by the convicts demanding that Amangal mandal be declared a drought mandal. Following this protest, Amangal police registered a case on the 143 (Unlawful assembly), 341 (wrongful restraint) of IPC.
The court after hearing both the prosecution and defence, convicted the accused and directed them to pay a total penalty of Rs 3,500. If the accused fail to pay the penalty, then they will be imprisoned for 5 weeks.