Supreme Court of Maldives has concluded the appeal filed by the Prosecutor General to review the 12-year jail sentence on Minister of Home Affairs Sheikh Imran Abdullah.
The High Court upheld the Criminal Court verdict of the 12-year sentence on Imran Abdullah after finding him guilty of inciting violence during a speech delivered in the 2015 May Day rally. Initially, the Supreme Court rejected the case. However, when Imran filed an appeal, the Supreme Court accepted the case and began to review the jail sentence passed on him.
The Supreme Court issued an order in October, to defer the implementation of the jail sentence on Imran, until the bench reviews the appeal filed by the Prosecutor General. The legal team representing Imran upheld the verdict passed on Imran was unjust and unconstitutional.
Although hearings have been concluded, the bench did not reveal the date a sentence would be announced.