Former Madhya Pradesh MLA Kishore Samrite convicted for allegedly threatening to blow up Parliament with dynamite
New Delhi: Kishore Samrite, a former Madhya Pradesh MLA, was found guilty by the Rouse Avenue court of threatening to use explosives to blow up Parliament. He has been exonerated of the explosive act offense, nonetheless.
A letter with various requests and a suspicious material was sent to the Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha in September 2022 by Kishore Samrite, a former MLA from Lanji in the Balaghat District, purportedly threatening to blow up the Indian Parliament with explosives.
Inspector Vivek Malik of the Inter-State Cell (ISC), Crime Branch Delhi Police, filed a formal complaint on September 16, 2022, and a formal complaint was filed.
Kishore Samrite was exonerated of the accusation under section 9B(1)(b) of the Explosives Act of 1884 and section 5(a) of the Explosive Substances Act of 1908 by special judge Vishal Gogne. He was found guilty by the court under Section 506, Part II, IPC.
“The evidence led by the prosecution constitutes proof beyond reasonable doubt that accused Kishore Samrite committed the offense punishable under section 506 Part II IPC,” the court said on February 18. Following the inquiry, Samrite was charged and a charge sheet was submitted by Delhi police.
According to the chargesheet, the accused planned to do “something big” because he had a grievance against the policies of the present state and federal governments. As a result, he sent a letter or complaint outlining his requests to the government.
Dinesh Patel, his part-time typist, typed this complaint at his Bhopal rental home. All of the complaint’s papers were allegedly signed by the accused. It also said that he gathered a number of papers from websites and other sources and included them with the complaint.
He also purchased the Indian Constitution book and the national flag for each of the 17 packages so that they could be delivered to the relevant dignitaries, such as the President of India, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the Chief Justice of India, the Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha, and others.
According to the court, the prosecution has successfully demonstrated that the threatening letter made clear that, should the accused’s demands in the letter not be fulfilled, the Parliament of India would be destroyed with dynamite on a given day and time, at 11 a.m. on September 30, 2022.
According to the court, “Although the substance in question does not constitute an ‘explosive’ under the Explosives Act, 1884, or ‘explosive substance’ under the Explosive Substances Act, 1908, the letter from the accused, threatening to blow up the Parliament building, constitutes a threat to cause destruction of property by fire, thereby rendering him liable for conviction under Part II of Section 506 IPC.” On February 27, the court has scheduled a hearing to hear arguments over the punishment.
