Karnal, March 28 -- An Ambala court has convicted and sentenced two men to two years of imprisonment for desecrating a statue of Jesus Christ at a Catholic church in Ambala Cantonment in 2021.

The court of judicial magistrate first class (JMIC) Akshay Arora pronounced the judgment against Sandeep Kumar and Ravinder Singh, both residents of Ambala Cantonment. While the conviction was handed down on March 7, the quantum of sentence was announced two days later. The detailed order was made available on Friday.

The duo was sentenced under Sections 153-A (promoting enmity) and 452 (house-trespass), read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). They were also found guilty under Sections 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship) and 4...