Kochi:A special NIA court here on Friday sentenced two men in the Valapattanam Islamic State (IS)-related case to seven years rigorous imprisonment while another has been awarded a six-year jail term. National Investigation Agency (NIA) court judge Anil K Bhaskar sentenced the first and fifth accused in the case -- Midlaj (31) and Hamsa (61) -- to seven years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 each.
The second accused, Abdul Rasak (38), was awarded six years and slapped with a fine of Rs 40,000. The trio was on Tuesday convicted by the court in the case in which it was charged with spreading the terror outfit's ideology and attempting to migrate to Syria. The court had convicted the culprits under Sections 38 (offence relating to membership of a terrorist organisation) and 39 (offence relating to support given to a terrorist organisation) of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and various other sections of the Indian Penal Code, including Section 120B (criminal conspiracy). "The substantive sentence of imprisonment imposed shall run concurrently," the court said in its order.