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A Delhi court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in a terror funding case.
Special Judge Praveen Singh also awarded varying jail terms for various offences under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the Indian Penal Code. The court also imposed a fine of over Rs 10 lakh on Malik.
The life term was awarded for two offences — Section 121 (waging war against the government of India) of IPC and section 17 (raising funds for the terrorist act) of the UAPA.
All the sentences will run concurrently.
Reacting to the ruling, The Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration has termed ‘unfortunate’ the life imprisonment awarded to Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik by a Delhi court in a terror funding case and said it is a ‘setback’ to the efforts for peace.
The court verdict will only fuel more alienation and separatist feelings, PAGD spokesperson MY Tarigami said in a statement in Srinagar.
Besides the life term, special judge Praveen Singh on Wednesday awarded varying jail terms for various offences under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the Indian Penal Code to Malik, the chief of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front.
“Life imprisonment given to Yasin Malik is unfortunate and a setback to the efforts for peace. We are afraid that this will further compound the uncertainties in the region and will only fuel more alienation and separatist feelings,” Tarigami said.
He said the NIA court has delivered its verdict “but not justice”.
The PAGD also suggested Malik to avail all legal opportunities to contest the verdict.
Hitting out at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and a section of the media, Tarigami said, “The triumphalism being displayed by the BJP and the corporate media is bound to prove counterproductive.”
Meanwhile, Clashes broke out in Srinagar on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, evening after a Delhi court awarded life imprisonment to Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in a terror funding case.
Earlier, the National Investigation Agency sought death penalty for Malik.
Malik had pleaded guilty to all charges, including those under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, in a terror funding case.
