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NEW DELHI: A Delhi court docket on Thursday sentenced Congress’ Madhya Pradesh MLA, Rajendra Bharti, and co-accused Raghuvir Sharan Prajapati to a few years of imprisonment in a doc forgery and financial institution fraud case, a day after discovering them responsible of conspiring to cheat a cooperative financial institution whereas holding positions of duty. The court docket additionally imposed a positive of Rs 1 lakh every on each.The protection submitted that Bharti is a “sitting MLA from Datia, and is a third-time MLA who’s answerable for the discharge of his public capabilities”, and highlighted that he’s a coronary heart affected person who just lately underwent therapy. For Prajapati, the protection harassed his age.The court docket then suspended the sentence for 2 months, throughout which each convicts can file an enchantment in opposition to the judgment in an appellate court docket.