Obstruction conviction of ex-Supreme Court justice overturned
Hameed was found guilty of obstruction of justice for refusing to hand over a mobile phone to the police.
05 Dec 2018, 9:00 AM
The High Court overturned Wednesday former Supreme Court justice Ali Hameed’s conviction over his refusal to hand over a mobile phone to the police.
A three-judge panel quashed the criminal court verdict citing due process violations and insufficient evidence.
Hameed was found guilty of obstruction of justice and sentenced to 19 months in prison along with former chief justice Abdulla Saeed and former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.
All three were arrested in February on separate charges of conspiring to topple the government. Former president Abdulla Yameen claimed the justices accepted bribes and instigated a coup with the Supreme Court’s February 1 order for the release of his jailed opponents.
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