{"id":179590,"date":"2025-07-22T10:22:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T05:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=179590"},"modified":"2025-07-22T10:22:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T05:22:52","slug":"two-kashmiris-sentenced-to-life-in-decades-old-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/07\/22\/two-kashmiris-sentenced-to-life-in-decades-old-case.html","title":{"rendered":"Two Kashmiris sentenced to life in decades-old case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-174604 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/05\/high-court-of-jammu-and-kashmir-1-3-367x220.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" \/>Jammu: A court in the Jammu region of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir has awarded life imprisonment to two Kashmiri men in a decades-old case of alleged abduction and murder, raising serious concerns over the impartiality of India\u2019s judicial system in the occupied territory.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, Principal Sessions Judge Ramban, Deepak Sethi, sentenced Mohammad Mumtaz and Farooq Ahmed to life imprisonment under charges registered more than 20 years ago. The judge acknowledged in his verdict that both men had voluntarily appeared before the court after learning about the case. He also admitted that the convicts had surrendered, and had dependent family members.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these considerations, the court still awarded the duo concurrent sentences of life imprisonment under Section 302 RPC and ten years under Section 364 RPC.<\/p>\n<p>Legal experts have condemned the verdict, stating that Kashmiri youth continue to be targeted under the guise of law by Indian legal and military institutions. They said such long-pending cases are weaponized to punish political dissent and crush pro-freedom sentiments. The verdict, they added, exposes the growing nexus between India\u2019s judiciary and the Hindutva-driven Modi regime, aimed at silencing voices of resistance in the occupied territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu: A court in the Jammu region of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir has awarded life imprisonment to two Kashmiri men in a decades-old case of alleged abduction and murder, raising serious concerns over the impartiality of India\u2019s judicial system in the occupied territory. 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