Banker and his friend Indulal Yagnik had established Young India and Navjivan publications respectively.
[3][4] Both Banker and Gandhi pleaded guilty and the trial was set for 18 March.
It was held at the Circuit House and many leading Congressmen like Jawaharlal Nehru, Sarojini Naidu and Madan Mohan Malaviya attended.
Judge C. N. Broomfield delivered his judgement and Banker was sentenced to a year and a half in jail.
He participated in the textile mill workers’ strike in Ahmedabad, the 1918 Kheda Satyagraha and the protests against the Rowlatt Act.