Anwar sodomy case took around 7 years until he was sent to jail.. take this as your guideline

On 29 September 1998, Anwar appeared in court and pleaded innocent to charges of corruption and sodomy.

On 14 April 1999, Anwar was sentenced to six years in prison for corruption and, on 8 August 2000, nine years in prison for sodomy.

Thas no included appealing process( appealleat court > Federal court)

his first case only finished in 2004..

The High Court eventually handed down its decision in April 1999, sentencing Anwar to six years' imprisonment for corruption. Two months later, he was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment for sodomy, which he was ordered to serve after he completed his six-year sentence for corruption.[20] His trial and conviction were widely discredited by the international community. Amnesty International stated that the trial proceedings "exposed a pattern of political manipulation of key state institutions including the police, public prosecutor’s office and the judiciary" and declared Anwar a prisoner of conscience, stating that he had been arrested in order to silence him as a political opponent.[21]

His conviction was overturned by the Malaysian Supreme Court and Anwar was finally released from solitary confinement on 2 September 2004.[22]