A Raipur sessions court on Friday found human rights activist Binayak Sen and two others guilty of treason, waging war against the state and helping Maoists.
Activists across the world, including Nobel laureates, were demanding Sen's release. However the court went by the prosecution's view that Sen was involved in establishing an urban network for the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist and went on to deliver its verdict amid high security.
Along with Sen, Naxal ideologue Narayan Sanyal and Kolkata-based businessman Piyush Guha were also held guilty of treason.
Sen was arrested under the stringent Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act from Bilaspur in May 2007 on charge of having link with Sanyal. He was released on bail two years later on the order of the Supreme Court.
His trial started in May 2008 and 97 witnesses were examined. The Raipur court had completed its hearing last week.
The prosecution claimed Sen met Sanyal in Raipur central jail several times. It said Sen was a conduit for letters and passed on letters between Sanyal and Guha.
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