Terror funding case: Yasin Malik gets life sentence
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court sentenced separatist leader and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik, 56, to life imprisonment on Wednesday, a week after he pleaded guilty and was convicted of terror funding, spreading terrorism, and secessionist activities in the Valley in 2017.
Special Judge Praveen Singh also awarded Malik varying jail terms for various offences under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and imposed on him a fine of over ₹10 lakh.
The life term was awarded for two offences -- IPC section 121 (waging war against the government of India) and UAPA section 17 (raising funds for the terrorist act).
All the sentences will run concurrently.
The case against Malik pertained to the conspiracy by Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed and other separatist leaders to raise, receive and collect funds domestically and from abroad for the separatist and terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said its probe into the case established Malik was involved in terror activities and issued calls for protests, roadblocks, and other disruptive activities to push the society into chaos and lawlessness. In 2017, NIA registered the case and has since filed a charge sheet against over a dozen people.
On May 10, Malik had pleaded guilty to all charges after they were framed in March, and told the court he would not challenge any of the charges.
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