Delhi High Court asks Yasin Malik to respond to NIA's plea for death penalty
A Bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Shalinder Kaur granted four weeks to Malik to file his response to the NIA's petition while posting the hearing for November 10.
Malik, who previously sought to argue in-person against NIA's plea seeking the enhancement, was supposed to appear virtually from jail but was not produced. The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief (JKLF) is lodged in Tihar jail where he is serving a life term in the case. On Monday, the Bench directed the jail authorities to produce him virtually on November 10.
On May 24, 2022, a trial court sentenced Malik to life imprisonment after holding him guilty for offences under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and IPC. Malik had pleaded guilty to the charges, including those under the UAPA, and was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Appealing against the sentence, the NIA emphasised that a terrorist cannot be sentenced life term just because he has pleaded guilty and chosen not to go through trial.
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