Criminal Court today has cancelled the hearings of the case against Raajje TV CEO Hussain Fiyaz and ordered the state to revise the charges form. The hearings were scheduled for 2pm today.
This is the second time the hearing was cancelled to revise the charges form. Presiding Judge Adam Areef said in the previous hearing that the charges were "unclear".
Assault charges were filed against Fiyaz, relating to clause 120, subsection (c). The degree of the case had been classified by number (iii) of the same clause, which states that due to the offense a Police or an MNDF personnel was injured.
In that day's hearing Judge Areef said the charges against Fiyaz were unclear. Judge said the charges did not specify whether the service person had sustained any damages due to the said offense committed by Fiyaz. He questioned that in the absence of this, why the charges were graded as such.
The maximum sentence for the charges is a four year jail term. Fiyaz is being charged in connection to the incidents that had occurred during the coverage of IED disposal discovered in the Muleeaage area.
Fiyaz has no previous records of criminal charges.
