A local court today convicted three men in the case related to an attack on Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh police personnel in front of the DGP's office here in 2004, but acquitted two others including former SIMI member Moutasim Billah.
The sessions court sentenced Yaser Baleequddin and Jaber (both sons of cleric Maulana Mohammad Naseeruddin) and another accused named Shhafiq to two years' imprisonment, while acquitting Billah and Mohd Shakeel.
The convicted men were found guilty under the Indian Penal Code sections 332 (causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty) and 147 (rioting), said additional public prosecutor S Lokeshwar Reddy.
Defence lawyers sought suspension of the order. The court allowed the plea and granted the three convicts bail on two sureties of Rs 10,000 each, said their counsel Mohd Azim.
According to the prosecution, on October 31, 2004, Maulana Mohammad Naseeruddin, chief of Tehreek Tahaffuz -e-Sha'air-e-Islam, an organisation which works for protection of Islamic shrines, was arrested here by Gujarat police who were carrying a non-bailable warrant. During the process, his followers attacked the policemen.
A mob of around 40 people pelted stones at the police, and attacked them with sticks. Some policemen were injured and police vehicles were damaged.
