The high court sentenced Shingkhar Gup’s mother-in-law to six months compoundable prison term for a government land encroachment case in Nyimzhong in Zhemgang.
The judgment was passed on Monday.
The Gup had built a house on the encroached land and registered the house under his mother-in-law’s name.
The judgment also asked the house owner to demolish part of the house that falls under the government land.
The case came into limelight in 2015.
A former Chimi of lower Wamling accused the gup of misusing authority, public funds, and making unilateral decision in some of the developmental activities in the gewog.
