NIA Seeks In-Camera Hearing in Yasin Malik Death Penalty Appeal: Delhi High Court

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) requested the Delhi High Court to conduct in-camera proceedings in its appeal seeking enhancement of the sentence imposed on separatist leader Yasin Malik from life imprisonment to death in a 2017 terror funding case.

The Bench stated that it would consider the agency’s request. Appearing through video conference, Malik told the Court that he had been under severe psychological stress for three years while awaiting the decision.

The trial court had previously declined to impose the death penalty, observing that it should be reserved for the “rarest of rare” cases.

The appeal will next be heard on January 28.