The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to Yasin Malik, a separatist from Jammu and Kashmir, in a terror funding case.
"He is already in jail no.7 and will continue there presently. He is alone in his cell," Director General (Prisons), Sandeep Goyal said.
Special Judge Praveen Singh also dismissed Malik's contention that he gave up the gun in 1994 and, thereafter, he was recognized as a legitimate political player, observing that “in my opinion, there was no reformation of this convict.”
Yasin Malik told the court he had met all the prime ministers since the time of V P Singh till Atal Bihari Vajpayee who engaged with him and gave him a political platform.
Besides the life term, Special Judge Praveen Singh awarded varying jail terms for various offences under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the Indian Penal Code to Yasin Malik, the chief of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF). All the sentences will run concurrently.
The quantum of punishment for the offences in the terror funding case, was pronounced amid tight security at the Patiala House Court. During the course of the hearing, Malik said: "I will not beg for anything. The case is before this court and I leave it on the court to decide it."
The probing agency had demanded court to award the death penalty for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik who was convicted in a terror funding case last week.
Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik was on Thursday convicted by an NIA court in Delhi in the terror funding case. Arguments on the quantum of sentence will take place on May 25.
Court said Malik told the court that he was not contesting the charges leveled against him including section 16 (terrorist act).
Kashmiri separatist leaders have also been framed charged for criminal conspiracy, waging war against the country and other unlawful activities.
A Delhi court Wednesday took cognisance of a supplementary charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency against Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik and others in the 2017 terror funding case. Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Syal took cognisance of the final report which also names separatist leaders Asiya Andrabi, Shabir Shah and Masarat Alam Bhat as accused.
NIA Friday filed supplementary charge sheet before a Delhi court against JKLF chief Yasin Malik and others in 2017 terror funding case.
The NIA had mistakenly summoned Professor (Dr) Upendra Kaul for alleged hawala transactions linking Jammu and Kashmir separatist leader Yasin Malik. Unaware of medical terminology and as part of its 2017 terror funding case, the NIA asked Prof Kaul, who has been awarded the Padma Shri, to explain text messages exchanged between him and his patient Yasin Malik that mentioned “INR 2.78”.
Rejecting "false" reports on the health of separatist leader Yasin Malik, Director General of Tihar Prison said he is absolutely fine and that there is no reason for any worry about his health.
SHRC Member Dilshad Shaheen issued the bailable warrant against Deputy Secretary, Home for failing to appear during the hearing of the petition, moved by a local human rights activist, Ahsan Untoo.
The matter dates back to June 2017 when a case was filed against terrorists belonging to Jammat ud Dawah, Duktaran-e-Millat, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and other separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir for raising, receiving and collecting funds for funding separatist and terrorist activities in the valley and entering into a larger conspiracy for causing disruption in Kashmir valley and for waging war against India.
Congress leader PC Chacko comes out in support of separatist leader Yasin Malik
Delhi's Patiala House Court sends Yasin Malik to judicial custody till May 24. Tihar jail authorities also moved application seeking direction to produce Malik through video conferencing due to security concerns.
The NIA produced Yasin Malik before a Delhi court in connection with a case related to funding of separatists and terror groups in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. The court has sent him on an NIA remand till April 22.
On March 7, Malik had been booked under the harsh Public Safety Act (PSA) and was shifted to Jammu.
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