Siwan (Bihar), Mar 17: A local court here sentenced former RJD MP Md Shahabuddin to five years of rigorous imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 4,000 today.
Special Sessions Court Judge R N Tripathi sentenced Shahabuddin for violating the Arms Act, Indian Telegraph Act, FEMA and other provisions of the Indian Penal Code six years ago.
The cases were registered against the former MP following recovery of a cache of arms and ammunitions, bullet proof jackets, telescope and foreign currencies from his residence at Pratappur in Siwan district on April 24, 2005.
Shahabuddin is lodged in a jail here in connection with criminal cases registered against him. PTI
