ExMaharashtra minister Bacchu Kadu gets 3month jail for assault
Former Maharashtra minister and MLA Bacchu Kadu has been sentenced to three months in prison for assaulting an IAS officer back in 2019.
The incident happened at the state secretariat, where Kadu reportedly threatened the officer by lifting his iPad in a way the court saw as intimidating and meant to cause harm.
He was found guilty under laws covering assault on public servants, criminal intimidation, and intentional insult.
Kadu's legal battles
Kadu's position as a legislator didn't shield him—he was convicted based on testimony from the officer and staff, even though there was no CCTV footage. However, he was also convicted of intentional insult charges.
For now, he's out on bail while appealing the verdict.
This isn't his first legal trouble: last year (2024), Kadu was acquitted in a separate 2011 assault case, but he had also received a one-year sentence in 2023 for attacking another official—though that sentence too is on hold pending appeal.