Bhopal, Nov 10: A local court today sentenced former Madhya Pradesh Congress General Secretary Inder Prajapat to seven years Rigorous Imprisonment for a murderous attack on party colleague Manak Agarwal in July, 2001. Holding Prajapat guilty of attempt to murder, additional sessions judge Abhay Kumar also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 and ordered that the convict's jail sentence would be extended by one year if he failed to pay the penalty. In his judgement, pronounced in Prajapat's presence, who had appeared before the court in view of the arrest warrant issued against him on November five, the judge observed that since the accused did not have a criminal background, no tough punishment was being given as he was unlikely to pose any threat to society. Bureau Report