The Hindu·3 min read·medium
SDPI national general secretary gets six months in hate speech case
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The Hindu Bureau
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A local court in Belthangady has sentenced SDPI national general secretary Riyaz Farangipete to six months in prison for an inflammatory speech delivered in 2015. The judge ruled that the speech, which threatened communal harmony, was not a trivial offense and required a custodial sentence.
The Principal Civil Judge and JMFC Court, Belthangady, has sentenced SDPI national general secretary Riyaz Farangipete to six months of simple imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹10,000 on finding him guilty of delivering an inflammatory speech in Belthangady in July 2015.
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