Man jailed for 12 months for commiting electoral offences

A man has been jailed for 12 months by the Suva Magistrates Court for committing electoral offences.

Rajnil Pratap Sobha was convicted of all the three counts of False Declaration on an Application for Voter Registration,  False Declaration on an Application for Replacement of  Electronic Voter Registration Card and Applying to be Registered as a Voter on More Than One Occasion.

Sobha knowingly made false declarations by stating that his name  was Rajneel Rajiv Malhotra and used a false date of birth when  submitting his application to the Fijian Elections Office Officials in July 2016 in Ba.

For the second count, in June 2017 in Nadi, Sobha provided the  same false information to obtain a replacement card.

In the third count, Sobha applied to be registered as a voter under the name of Rajnil Pratap Sobha, in Suva, whilst already having been registered as Rajneel Rajiv Malhotra in October 2017.

Justice Kashyapa Wikaramasekara sentenced the man to 22 months imprisonment and this has been partially suspended.

He has to serve 1 year in prison while a term of 10 months has been suspended for 5 years.

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