Delhi Court docket to listen to petition in search of dying penalty to Yasin Malik in February

The Delhi Excessive Court docket Tuesday listed for listening to on February 14 a plea by the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) in search of dying penalty for Kashmiri separatist chief Yasin Malik in a terror funding case.

The court docket directed that Malik, who had pleaded responsible to the costs, shall be part of the court docket proceedings just about.

Noting that none appeared on behalf of Malik, the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Entrance (JKLF) chief at the moment serving a life time period within the case, a bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait andpt Shalinder Kaur adjourned the matter till February 14 subsequent yr.

On Could 29, the excessive court docket had issued discover to Malik on NIA’s plea in search of dying penalty for him within the terror funding case and sought his presence earlier than it on the following date.

Subsequently, the jail authorities had filed an software in search of permission for his digital look on the grounds that he was a “very excessive danger prisoner” and it was crucial to not bodily produce him in court docket to keep up public order and security. The request was allowed by the excessive court docket.

A trial court docket had awarded life sentence to Malik within the case on Could 24, 2022 after saying him responsible of varied offences below the stringent Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the IPC.

Malik had pleaded responsible to the costs, together with these below anti-terror regulation UAPA.

Interesting in opposition to the sentence, the NIA has emphasised {that a} terrorist can’t be awarded life sentence solely as a result of he has pleaded responsible and chosen to not undergo trial. PTI