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Indian singer Daler Mehndi’s 2-year sentence in human trafficking case upheld by court

Indian singer Daler Mehndi’s 2-year sentence in human trafficking case upheld by court

He has yet to comment on or challenge the sessions court's verdict.
16 Jul, 2022

Indian singer Daler Mehndi’s two-year sentence in a 2003 human trafficking case has been upheld by a Patiala sessions court.

According to India TV, advocate Gurmeet Singh, the complaint’s lawyer, said that the ‘Tunak Tunak Tun’ singer has been taken into custody by the Indian police and his application for release or even probation has been dismissed by the court.

On Thursday, the court upheld the 2018 verdict by a trial court sentencing Mehndi to two years in prison in the trafficking case. The court had also convicted the singer in the case related to pigeon pelting in 2003.

Nineteen years earlier, Mehdi and his brother Shamsher Singh had been accused of sending people abroad by illegally disguising them as members of his troupe after charging exorbitant “passage money”. The brothers allegedly had taken two troupes in 1998 and 1999 during the course of which 10 people were taken to the US as group members and “dropped off” illegally.

In 2018, after 15 years, the lower court had sentenced the 54-year-old singer to two years imprisonment which has now, after four years, has been upheld by the session court as well.

Mehndi hasn’t commented on the verdict. As per the law, he has the option to challenge the verdict in the high court as well as the Supreme Court of India.

Comments

chengez k Jul 16, 2022 12:13pm
First Sidhu now Daler...........Modi message to Sikhs loud & clear !!!
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TPA Jul 16, 2022 03:16pm
He deserves it. Criminals should be shown no mercy.
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NYS Jul 16, 2022 03:45pm
BJ P designated mantra for other sects
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Kulsoom Baloch Jul 16, 2022 03:46pm
It's a silent message of violence with no vibration but tuning very badly on Sikh Community no peace in India.
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Syed Hasni Jul 16, 2022 03:58pm
What’s the best thing about being involved in human trafficking? It can really take you places. Welcome to "Tihar"
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Gp65 Jul 16, 2022 04:11pm
@chengez k As though no Hindu criminals get punished? Medha Patkar and Teesta Setalvad are Hindu. Bringing religious angle in what is purely a criminal trial makes no sense. In any case this is a lower court in Punjab where BJP was neither in power in 2018 or now. Stop spreading hate.
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Brijesh Jul 16, 2022 04:22pm
Finally justice prevailed. Case was filed in 2003 in Patiala, Punjab. Verdict is pronounced today. Congress & AAP ruled in the state since then .
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M. Saeed Jul 16, 2022 04:56pm
His name is Daler meaning courageous and he is not afraid of any consequences.
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vin Jul 16, 2022 05:07pm
@chengez k Punjab is ruled by AAP. Anyway political parties don't decide court verdicts.
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Abha Singh Jul 16, 2022 05:51pm
All Equal in front of the Law - that's what a Democracy is.
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jay komerath Jul 16, 2022 06:38pm
he gets what he deserves.
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Swami Bodhijagran Jul 16, 2022 07:00pm
@Kulsoom Baloch mostly peaceful place in world is Balochistan.
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John Jul 16, 2022 07:36pm
@chengez k BJP's message to Sikhs very clear... If you do crime you will get punishment irrespective of religion. This is not pakistan where you can pay blood money and escape
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Aamir Jul 16, 2022 09:54pm
Good one although late yet it sets an example...there has been a spate of celenrities imprisioned like Sidhu. Raj Babbar and now Mehndi...
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Tom Jul 17, 2022 02:02am
@chengez k stop spreading hate
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M Emad Jul 17, 2022 02:25am
Punjabi singer Daler Mehndi should perform in Pakistan.
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Suresh Jul 17, 2022 05:44am
Nobody is above the law.
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