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Delhi HC asks Yasin Malik to respond to NIA's plea for death penalty

The Delhi High Court has asked Yasin Malik to respond to the National Investigation Agency's request for the death penalty. This relates to a terror funding case. The court has given Malik four weeks to respond. The hearing is scheduled for November 10. Malik is currently serving a life sentence in Tihar jail. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads The Delhi High Court on Monday sought separatist leader Yasin Malik 's response on a plea filed by the National Investigation Agency seeking death penalty for him in a terror funding case A bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Shalinder Kaur granted four weeks to Malik to file his response to the NIA's court posted the hearing for November who previously sought to argue in-person against NIA's plea seeking the enhancement, was supposed to appear virtually from jail but wasn't Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief (JKLF) is lodged in Tihar jail where he is serving a life term in the high court noted that neither Malik was produced virtually in the proceedings from jail nor he filed his reply to NIA's plea in pursuance to the court's August 9, 2024 August 9, Malik was directed to be produced virtually and not physically due to security Monday, the bench directed the jail authorities to produce him virtually on November last year turned down the court's suggestion to appoint a lawyer on his behalf and said he wished to argue the case May 29, 2023, the high court issued notice to Malik on the NIA's plea seeking death jail authorities filed an application seeking permission for his virtual appearance on grounds that he was a "very high-risk prisoner" and it was imperative to not physically produce him in court to maintain public order and request was allowed by the high 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 had pleaded guilty to the charges, including those under the UAPA, and was convicted and sentenced to life against the sentence, the NIA emphasised that a terrorist cannot be sentenced life term only because he has pleaded guilty and chosen not to go through seeking enhancement of the sentence to death penalty, the NIA said if such dreaded terrorists are not given capital punishment on account of pleading guilty, there would be complete erosion of the sentencing policy and terrorists would have a way out to avoid capital trial court, which rejected the NIA's plea for death penalty, had said the crimes committed by Malik struck at the "heart of the idea of India" and were intended to forcefully secede Jammu and Kashmir from the Union of India. PTI