Court Okays Shekher's One-Month Jail Term for Maligned Women Journos

THE Madras High Court has confirmed the punishment of one-month imprisonment imposed on actor and politician SVe Shekher in the case relating to a social media message denigrating women journalists.

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Justice P Velmurugan, while confirming the trial court verdict, dismissed the revision petition filed by Shekher challenging the trial court judgment of conviction and the sentence of one-month imprisonment, along with a fine of ₹15,000. "The revision petition is dismissed. The conviction and sentence imposed by the trial court is confirmed," the judge said in the order.

However, he granted 90-day time for enabling Shekher to move the SC with a special leave petition against the order of the HC, as sought by his counsel.