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New Delhi: In a fresh attempt to bolster the waning political standing of the Modi-led Hindutva regime, the Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) has moved the Delhi High Court to conduct an in-camera hearing on its petition seeking the death penalty for the incarcerated Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, the NIA made the request before a bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain, citing what it called the \u201csensitivity and security concerns\u201d of the case. The court has fixed January 28, 2026, for hearing the arguments on the agency\u2019s plea.<\/p>\n
Yasin Malik, appearing via video link from New Delhi\u2019s Tihar Jail, expressed deep anguish over the prolonged delay in the proceedings. \u201cIt\u2019s been three years since the NIA filed the appeal. Keeping a person in limbo about whether he will be awarded the death sentence or not is psychological torture,\u201d he told the court.<\/p>\n
The NIA, in its petition, argued that Malik\u2019s life sentence should be converted to capital punishment, claiming that allowing him to escape the death penalty on the grounds of pleading guilty would \u201cerode sentencing policy.\u201d Legal experts and rights defenders, however, have termed the move as part of India\u2019s political vendetta aimed at silencing the genuine leadership of Kashmir.<\/p>\n
Malik, a symbol of Kashmir\u2019s political resistance, was sentenced to life imprisonment on May 24, 2022, under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in a politically motivated case. He has spent years in solitary confinement in Tihar Jail, where his health has reportedly deteriorated.<\/p>\n
The NIA\u2019s latest move to seek a closed-door trial has triggered widespread outrage in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, where political and civil society circles view it as a desperate attempt by the Modi regime to suppress the Kashmiri leadership through judicial persecution.<\/p>\n
The Tihar Jail authorities and Indian agencies claim the hearing\u2019s secrecy is necessary for \u201csecurity reasons,\u201d but rights advocates say the move is meant to conceal the absence of transparency and fairness in the case of Yasin Malik.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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