Saudi court sentences four men to 10 years, 2000 lashes for 'naked' dancing on top of vehicle Saudi Arabia has sentenced four men to prison and up to 2000 lashes after video of their "naked dancing" on top of a vehicle was posted to YouTube. Picture: Thinkstock A SAUDI court has sentenced four men to up to 10 years in prison and 2000 lashes for dancing "naked" in public, media reported on Thursday. In a video posted on YouTube, several men appear dancing atop a vehicle in the ultra-conservative province of Qassim. None seemed naked. The court in Buraydah, Qassim's provincial capital, sentenced one defendant to 10 years in prison and 2000 lashes, and another to seven years in prison and 1200 lashes, Al-Sharq newspaper reported in what media have dubbed the "naked dancing" case. Their two companions were jailed for three years and sentenced to 500 lashes each, it said. The four were charged with "dancing on a vehicle in public and posting a video online, encouraging vice, defying norms of the society and violating public morals," according to Al-Sharq. Two of them were identified as security officials. Saudi Arabia applies a strict version of Islamic shariah law that imposes many social restrictions and bans public entertainment.