Yasin Malik gets life imprisonment in terror funding case, Rs 10 lakh fine

ANN News Desk

Srinagar 25 May: The Special Court in Delhi Wednesday sentenced Yasin Malik to life imprisoned and imposed Rs 10 lakh fine on him in terror funding case.

After hearing prosecution and Yasin Malik, the Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court presided over by Praveen Singh pronounced life imprisonment to Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief and Kashmiri separatist leader Malik.

Malik was brought to Patiala House Court in New Delhi amid tight security in the morning and after hearing the arguments.

NIA, before the verdict on Malik’s sentencing was delayed by a few hours by the court, had demanded death penalty for the JKLF chief under section 121 of the IPC.

Before being sentenced, Malik had said that he had been following the principles of Mahatma Gandhi post relinquishing of arms in 1994.

Earlier, the court had slated May 25 to give verdict on Malik’s punishment after hearing arguments by keeping in view offences levelled against him.

Malik had pleaded guilty in his last hearing and had also left his lawyer from appearing for his case in the court. He was convicted by NIA Court under various sections of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and “criminal” conspiracy.  

After the court had decided to pronounce punishment for Malik on May 25, his spouse Mushaal Hussein Mullick along with 10-year-old daughter were appealing for Malik’s release from the confinement.

Meanwhile, as the sentence was yet to be announced, a handful of protesters assembled outside the Malik’s residence in Srinagar’s Maisuma who resorted to stone-pelting, which was stemmed by the deployed law enforcement agency effectively. (With Inputs from KDC)