High Court on Tuesday ended the appeal hearings of religiously conservative Adhaalath Party (AP) leader Sheikh Imran Abdulla's terrorism conviction.
Sheikh Imran is serving a jail sentence of 12 years on terrorism charges for inciting violence during a major opposition protest held in May 2015.
The court had earlier wrapped up hearings of the appeal trial but scheduled a final hearing after the judges bench had been reconstituted.
The bench had heard closing arguments from both sides where the defence had reiterated that the prosecution had failed to provide sufficient evidence that the defendant had asked protesters to enter the restricted zone.
Prosecution meanwhile had insisted that the defendant must bear responsibility for the violent clashes ]which had left two police officers and several protesters injured.
