Doctor's Suicide Case: Court to Announce AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal's Punishment on November 29

New Delhi: A Delhi court is set to announce the sentencing for AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal on November 29 after he was convicted for abetting the suicide of a doctor in South Delhi in 2020.

According to the PTI report, special Judge Kaveri Baweja, who was scheduled to hear arguments on Monday, adjourned the matter after being told that the convict has challenged the order convicting him in the case in the Delhi Court.

Rajendra Singh, a 52-year-old doctor, had died by suicide in Durga Vihar on April 18, 2020.

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The court had on February 28 held Jarwal, who represents the Deoli assembly constituency, guilty, saying the prosecution had proved the case against him beyond reasonable doubt.

Besides abetment of suicide, the judge also held him guilty of criminal conspiracy, extortion and criminal intimidation, news agency PTI reported.

In his suicide note, the doctor had accused Jarwal of driving him to end his life. Police had registered a case of alleged extortion and abetment to suicide against Jarwal.

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