Terrorism an affront to nation's sovereignty, says NIA, seeks death for JKLF chief Yasin Malik

       New Delhi, May 26 (PTI) 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.

The plea by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been listed for hearing on May 29 before a bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh.

On May 24, 2022, a trial court in the national capital had awarded life imprisonment to Malik, the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief, after holding him guilty of various offences under the stringent anti-terror law-Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA)- and the IPC.