Their aim is not to send him to prison, but to trouble him and give him so many hassles with police and courts that he finally gives up.
By that way, they get to 'teach him the lesson' and 'make him example' to deter others from doing it.
By that way, they get to 'teach him the lesson' and 'make him example' to deter others from doing it.
I think it's going to back fire as it has done in the recent past.