The NIA court, however, has postponed the order and will make its decision on punishment today at 3:30 p.m.
On May 19, the NIA Court found him guilty.
On May 10, Malik told the court that he would not contest the charges brought against him, which included sections 16 (terrorist act), 17 (raising funds for a terrorist act), 18 (conspiracy to commit a terrorist act), and 20 (membership in a terrorist gang or organisation) of the UAPA, as well as sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 124-A (sedition) of the IPC.
Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate, Shabbir Shah, Masarat Alam, Md Yusuf Shah, Aftab Ahmad Shah, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Khan, Md Akbar Khanday, Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal, Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Abdul Rashid Sheikh, and Naval Kishore Kapoor are among the other Kashmiri separatist leaders charged
On March 16, the NIA Court ordered the filing of charges under various sections of the UAPA against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, as well as Kashmiri separatist leaders Yasin Malik, Shabbir Shah, Masarat Alam, and others in a case involving terrorist and secessionist activities that disrupted the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The court also ordered the filing of charges against Kashmiri politician and former MLA Rashid Engineer, businessman Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Bitta Karate, Aftab Ahmad Shah, Avatar Ahmad Shah, Naeem Khan, Bashir Ahmed Bhat, alias Peer Saifullah, and others under various sections of the IPC and UAPA, including criminal conspiracy, waging war against the country, and unlawful activities, among others.
Various terrorist organisations such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), and others, according to the NIA, perpetrated violence in the valley by attacking civilians and security forces with the support of Pakistan's ISI. It was also claimed that the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) was founded in 1993 to provide a political front for secessionist activities.
The NIA also stated in court that this was done to fund separatist and terrorist activities in J&K, and that as a result, they have joined a larger conspiracy to cause chaos in the valley by pelting stones on security forces, systematically burning schools, damaging public property, and declaring war on India.
The Ministry of Home Affairs directed the NIA to file a case based on this information. As a result, NIA has filed a case under sections 120B, 121, 121A of the IPC, as well as sections 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 38, 39, and 40 of the UAPA.
The NIA went on to say that during the inquiry, it was discovered that the APHC and other secessionists incite the general people, particularly the youth, to participate in strikes and resort to violence, particularly stone pelting on security forces. This was done to sow discontent among the people of Jammu and Kashmir with the Indian government.
The inquiry also indicated that secessionists were mobilising cash from all feasible sources to fuel unrest and support ongoing separatist and terrorist actions in Jammu and Kashmir, according to the report. The secessionists received financing from Pakistan, terrorist organisations based in Pakistan, and local donations.
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