Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Sher Ali Khan announced the verdict after finding the suspect, Kifayatullah, guilty of the crime.

The suspect was accused of burning Quran inside a mosque in Peshawar, according to the police. The people in the area had arrested the suspect and handed him to the police.

A case was registered against him at the Khazana Police Station. The incident took place in Peshawar’s Garhi Khan Baba area in 2018.

The prosecution said that a challan was submitted to the court after completing the investigation against the suspect.

In July this year, the United Nations Human Rights Council approved a resolution on religious hatred in the wake of the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden.

The resolution, introduced by Pakistan on behalf of the 57-nation OIC, called for the UN rights chief to publish a report on religious hatred and for states to review their laws and plug gaps that may “impede the prevention and prosecution of acts and advocacy of religious hatred”.