Delhi court convicted Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi for voluntarily causing hurt to someone in a case filed against him in 2020 for allegedly beating and using words prohibited under the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

“The prosecution has proved the guilt of the accused Akhilesh Pati Tripathi beyond reasonable doubt for the offence under Section 323 IPC (voluntarily causing hurt) and he is convicted for the same”, special judge Geetanjli Goel said in the order.

The court, however, acquitted the Model Town MLA for other offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Scheduled castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. “ The court said he has been acquitted of the offences under Section 341(wrongful restraint), 506(1)(criminal intimidation) of IPC and under Section 3(1)(r) and (s) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

A first information report (FIR) was registered on the basis of a complaint filed by one Sanjeev Kumar wherein he stated that on February 7, 2020 he along with his friend Raj Kishore was stopped by Tripathi at Lal Bagh. Kumar stated in the complaint that Tripathi had beaten him with heavy objects and used words prohibited under the SC/ST(Prevention of Atrocities) Act in order to tarnish his and his parents’ image.