The NIA Friday approached the Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, who was awarded life term by a trial court here in a terror funding case a year ago, asserting not giving capital punishment to such a "dreaded terrorist" will result in miscarriage of justice., India News, Times Now
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On 24 May 2022, a trial court awarded life imprisonment to Malik after founding him guilty for various offences under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA)
The trial court, which had rejected the NIA's plea for capital punishment, 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 Union of India.
New Delhi, May 26: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Friday approached the Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for separatist leader Yasin Malik, who was awarded life term by a trial court here in a militant funding case.
The plea by the agency has been listed for hearing on May 29 before a bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh.
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