Delhi HC Issues Notice To Yasin Malik As NIA Seeks Death Penalty

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued a fresh production warrant for physical appearance of separatist leader Yasin Malik following an appeal by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) demanding that he be awarded the death penalty.

A bench also issued notice to Yasin Malik, who is presently serving a life term, in a terror funding case.

"Considering Yasin Malik, the sole respondent in this appeal, has inter alia pleaded guilty to a charge under section 121 IPC which provides for an alternate death sentence, we issue notice to him... to be served through the jail superintendent," the court ordered.

Let warrants be issued for his production on the next date of hearing, it added.

Appearing for the NIA, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued that the accused indulged in terrorist and secessionist activities and should be awarded death penalty by treating the matter as a rarest of rare case.

The NIA has approached the Delhi High Court seeking the capital punishment for the separatist leader who was awarded life term by a trial court in a terror funding case.

On May 24, 2022, a trial court here had awarded life imprisonment to Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chief Malik after holding him guilty for various offences under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the IPC.