In a relief for Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi ahead of next month’s Maharashtra assembly polls, the Sessions Court on Tuesday suspended his conviction and two-year sentence in an alleged hate speech case.
The MLA was awarded two-year rigorous imprisonment by a local court in 2012 for allegedly delivering provocative speech to incite communal violence.
‘The conviction of Abu Azmi has been suspended,’ his lawyer Sudeep Passbola said.
The MLA was awarded two-year rigorous imprisonment by a local court in 2012 for allegedly delivering provocative speech to incite communal violence.
‘The conviction of Abu Azmi has been suspended,’ his lawyer Sudeep Passbola said.