AAP MLA Naresh Yadav Gets 2-Year Sentence Over 2016 Quran Desecration Case

The court of additional district and sessions judge Parminder Singh Grewal convicted Yadav in the case on Friday and pronounced the verdict on Saturday.

A court in Punjab's Malerkotla district on Saturday awarded a two-year sentence to AAP MLA from Delhi's Mehrauli Naresh Yadav in a 2016 case of desecration of the Quran.

The court of additional district and sessions judge Parminder Singh Grewal convicted Naresh Yadav in the case on Friday and pronounced the verdict on Saturday.

A fine of Rs 11,000 was also imposed on Naresh Yadav who appeared before the court when the sentence was pronounced.