AGARTALA/NEW DELHI , Nov 3 (TIWN): After the completion of the hearing of the much awaited case of Babur bazaar, the Apex court on Tuesday has announced one month of imprisonment to PCC chief Birajit Sinha, confirmed Badar-Ud-Jaman, Kailsahar district congress president in a press meet at Kailsahar Congress Bhawan.

Admitting the petition of the PCC chief Birajit Sinha, a division bench of justices Ranjan Gogoi and N.V.Raman of Supreme Court has sentenced him to one month of imprisonment at Unakoti district jail.

It is to be mentioned here that PCC President Birajit Sinha is already in jail after he has surrendered himself before Magistrate Gautam Debnath of District and session judge court of Kailsahar on Saturday. Reportedly, as he has already spent 22 days in jail earlier and now he is in jail after surrendering he will be released from jail on Saturday as his tenure of one month will be competed on Saturday, said Badar-Ud-Jaman, Kailsahar district congress president.

Tenure of Sinha’s one month imprisonment will be completed on Saturday and will be released from jail on Saturday as he has earlier spent 22 days and among the rest of the 8 days he has already spent 3 days in jail and the rest of the 5 days will be completed by Saturday and will be realised from the jail.

India’s one of the best criminal lawyers, former foreign Minister Salman Khurshid and K.V.Menon placed the case before the division bench of the Supreme Court on Monday before Justices Ranjan Gogoi and N.V.Raman for the final hearing of the case of the PCC president Birajit Sinha.

The final hearing of the case ended before the division bench of the Supreme Court on Monday but the verdict has been kept reserved and was declared on Tuesday announcing one month of imprisonment to Sinha.

Reportedly, Sinha had gone to Babur Bazar carrying his licensed pistol, twelve bullets and five extra bullets. His gun was licensed and he was authorised to carry twelve bullets; so he was charged with carrying five extra bullets in violation of the administrative order for which he was convicted in the district and session court which rejected all other charges.

It is to be mentioned here that The Tripura High Court had upheld a lower court verdict of three months imprisonment to Tripura Congress chief Birajit Sinha in a 2004 case of violation of Indian Arms Act. A division bench of Chief Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Subhasish Talapatra asked Sinha to surrender before the court within one month from the date of pronouncement of the verdict. The court in its verdict in November 2013 acquitted Sinha of murder but ordered him to undergo three months imprisonment for violating Indian Arms Act. However, the Apex court on Tuesday rejecting the verdict by the Tripura HC has sent him to one month of imprisonment to Sinha.