FCRA case: HC suspends jail term of TNMMK chief
30 Jun 2017 11:47 PM IST
The Madras High Court on Friday suspended the one-year jail term awarded to president of the Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TNMMK) M H Jawahirulla in a 20-year-old FCRA violation case after he surrendered in the trial court.
Justice N Sathish Kumar passed the interim order on a petition by Jawahirulla challenging the recent order of a CBI court confirming his conviction by an additional chief metropolitan magistrate (ACMM) in September 2004. Earlier in the day when the petition came up for hearing, the judge directed Jawahirulla to surrender before the ACMM's court.
The counsel for Jawahirulla later conveyed that his client has complied with the judge's order and surrendered, following which Justice Kumar suspended the sentence. He also directed Jawahirulla to appear before the trial court judge once every month on the first working day till further orders.
The high court had on June 21 exempted Jawahirulla from surrendering in the case till Thursday on the grounds that he was observing Ramzan fast.
The ACMM's court had sentenced the TNMMK leader and four others to a 1-year rigorous imprisonment for violation of FCRA, 1976 by allegedly receiving Rs 1.54 crore foreign contribution without getting prior permission from RBI.
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