AAP MLA gets 2-year jail in '16 sacrilege case
Published On : 2024-12-01T08:15:31+0530 [ IST ] |
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A local court in Punjab on Saturday sentenced AAP MLA from Mehrauli in Delhi Naresh Yadav to two years imprisonment in the 2016 Malerkotla Quransacrilege case.
Under Section 295-A of IPC which deals with deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings Yadav has been sentenced to 24 months in prison and a fine of 5,000. Additionally under IPC Section 153A which pertains to promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion
The judge said he had taken a lenient view in sentencing Yadav an advocate by profession who is a first-time offender with no criminal case pending against him.
On 25 June 2016 the Punjab police had registered a case against three accused -- Vijay Kumar of Jind in Haryana Nand Kishore Goldy and his son Gaurav of Pathankot in Punjab -- on a complaint by Mohammad Asraf.
Justice Ranjit Singh Commission constituted to investigate desecration cases in Punjab had previously given a clean chit to Yadav in the case of
Source : Reporters From Sunrise Chronicles
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A local court in Punjab on Saturday sentenced AAP MLA from Mehrauli in Delhi Naresh Yadav to two years imprisonment in the 2016 Malerkotla Quransacrilege case.
Under Section 295-A of IPC whic
