Supreme Court rejects appeal from jailed Adhaalath Party leader
Five months after the appeal was filed, the Supreme Court’s registrar informed Sheikh Imran’s lawyers that there were no grounds to challenge the High Court’s decision to uphold the 12-year jail sentence.
29 Nov 2017, 9:00 AM
The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal against the terrorism conviction of Adhaalath Party leader Sheikh Imran Abdulla in February last year.
Five months after the appeal was filed, the Supreme Court’s registrar informed Imran’s lawyers on Tuesday that there were no grounds to challenge the High Court’s decision to uphold the 12-year jail sentence.
The apex court bench decided not to accept the appeal because there were “no judicial or legal reasons” to overturn the lower appellate court ruling, the registrar added.
Imran was sentenced to 12 years in jail over his speech at a 25,000-strong protest march in May 2015. The widely condemned conviction marked the first terrorism sentence passed in the Maldives over a speech made at a political gathering.
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