Overview

• On July 15, 2025, a Jaipur sessions court suspended the one-year jail terms of Congress MLAs Mukesh Bhakar, Manish Yadav and seven others until their appeals are resolved.
• The nine were convicted in June for blocking Jawaharlal Nehru Marg outside the University of Rajasthan during a 2014 student protest.
• They were found guilty under IPC sections 147 for unlawful assembly, 283 for obstruction of a public way and 341 for wrongful restraint, each fined ₹3,000 under Section 147 plus ₹200 under Section 283.
• Their assembly membership remains unaffected because sentences under two years do not disqualify legislators under Section 8(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
• The court has set the next hearing for August 26, 2025, as the appellants pursue their legal challenge.