The Lahore Session Court sentenced 37-year-old Asif Pervaiz Masih for insulting Islam after he was accused of sending 'blasphemous' texts to a former supervisor at work.
Muslim leaders in Jammu & Kashmir have protested against the 'blasphemous' remark against Prophet Muhammad and raised slogans demanding death penalty to the accused.
Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant said that one accused named Syed Nadeem, who was arrested after the incident, was admitted to the Bowring hospital due to chest pain.