Patna: Five-term RJD member of Bihar Assembly, Anant Kumar Singh on Tuesday was sentenced to ten years of rigorous imprisonment by a special judge.
He was convicted under different sections of the Indian Explosives Act and IPC for possession of AK47, hand grenades and other arms.
Police had raided his ancestral house at Nadwan village,35 km from here in Barh subdivision and had recovered weapons.
His accomplice Sunil Singh was also awarded ten years RI. Anant had been earlier been a JD(U) MLA too.
With ten years jail term, he will be disqualified as an MLA and barred from contesting an election.
