Thus, he was again trialled in Zagreb and on March 31, 1973 he sentenced to additional three and a half years of prison because he has, during his residence in France, published his work in the issues of Hrvatska revija periodical, under the alleged motivation of being connected to "enemy emigration".
Njemu samomu su ponovno sudili u Zagrebu i 31. ožujka 1973. godine osuđen je na još tri i pol godine robije zbog toga što je prigodom boravka u Francuskoj objavljivao svoje radove u izdanjima Hrvatske revije, pod motivacijom da je bio povezan s "neprijateljskom emigracijom".