AAP MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura Sentenced to 4 Years for 2013 Molestation Case

September 12, 2025

Tarn Taran: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Manjinder Singh has been sentenced to 4 years imprisonment by a Tarn Taran court in Punjab. On September 10, the court convicted him for assaulting and molesting a woman 12 years ago, after which he was arrested and sent to jail.

Apart from MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura, who was the taxi driver at the time of the incident, the court also convicted 5 policemen Davinder Kumar, Saraj Singh, Ashwani Kumar, Tarsem Singh and Harjinder Singh. However, the court did not send Gagandeep Singh and policemen Narinderjit Singh and Gurdeep Raj to judicial custody.

This entire case is of 2013. At that time MLA Lalpura was a taxi driver. He was accused of beating up a girl who had come to attend a wedding. The girl had also accused the taxi drivers of molestation. MLA Lalpura’s advocate had told that there was a case of beating up a Dalit girl.

One accused dead, one already in jail

While giving information on this entire case, the girl’s lawyer Amit Dhawan had said that a case was registered in this case under sections 323, 324 and 354 of the SC/ST Act. On Wednesday, the court convicted a total of 12 people. 7 people, including the MLA, have been arrested. One accused has died, while one accused is already in Tihar Jail. 3 accused have not been arrested yet.