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Former Punjab MLA Simarjeet Bains Sentenced To One Year In Defamation Case
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News18•19-10-2026, 21:30
Former Punjab MLA Simarjeet Bains Sentenced To One Year In Defamation Case
- •A Patiala court sentenced former Punjab MLA Simarjeet Singh Bains to one year of rigorous imprisonment in a defamation case.
- •The case was filed by former state health minister Brahm Mohindra over allegations made by Bains in 2018.
- •Bains had alleged irregularities in medicine procurement for Punjab de-addiction centres and linked Mohindra to a pharmaceutical company.
- •Chief Judicial Magistrate Ekta Sahota stated that Bains failed to produce sufficient concrete evidence to support his claims, thereby damaging Mohindra's reputation.
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Simarjeet Singh Bains was sentenced to one year of rigorous imprisonment after a Patiala court found him guilty of defamation under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code. The criminal defamation complaint was filed by former state health minister Brahm Mohindra.
In 2018, Bains alleged that there were irregularities in the procurement of medicines for Punjab’s de-addiction centres and claimed connections between Mohindra and a pharmaceutical company called Arbour Biotech.
The verdict holding Simarjeet Singh Bains guilty of defamation was pronounced by Chief Judicial Magistrate Ekta Sahota at a Patiala court.
