Lawyer Sentenced to Three Fines

12 years, 5 months ago - 28 May 2012, Le Matinal

Prosecuted on three counts of charges including "parking on the wrong side of the road", "playing music in a loud tone" and "Against contempt year civil officer of authority", a lawyer was sentenced three fines of Rs 500, Rs 2000 and Rs 25,000 under each count respectively in court by the magistrate of Curepipe Pareemala Mauree.

The lawyer had pleaded not guilty to the offenses. The incident occurred June 13, 2010 in Curepipe near a bank.

The lawyer had argued at trial, he had never used vulgar words against the officers. He also reported being abused at the police station.

The lawyer said he was near his car qu'avançaient contrary to the police. He did not agree that the music was causing problems in the vicinity. He admitted that he was attracting the attention of people on the road because he felt persecuted by the police.

Despite the fact that the accused has a criminal record, he behaved in a manner totally inappropriate and vulgar. Especially since his actions and his actions required the intervention of other officers. He climbed into his car and had continued to protest giving the son a hard to police because they were struggling to bring down. Recall that an outrage against a police officer under section 156 (3) of the Penal Code is punishable with imprisonment of not more than a year and a fine not exceeding Rs 25,000.