Meanwhile, the court suspended the sentence for 30 days and granted bail to the Rajya Sabha member on his application for the same

Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Aarti Kulkarni convicted Raut for the offence under Indian Penal Code Section 500 (punishment for defamation)

Besides the jail sentence, the court has also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 him

After the court passed its judgement, Sanjay Raut's lawyer filed two pleas for suspension of the sentence and granting him bail, which the court allowed

Medha Somaiya, in her complaint filed through advocate Vivekanand Gupta, had alleged that Raut made baseless and completely defamatory allegations against her and her husband

She said Raut accused them of being involved in a Rs 100 crore scam over the construction and maintenance of some public toilets under the jurisdiction of the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation

Sanjay Raut claimed he has been made a scapegoat after his conviction in a defamation case and said he would challenge the judgment in a higher court