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A Delhi tribunal connected Tuesday (March 24, 2026) sentenced Kashmiri separatist and Dukhtaran-e-Millat main Asiya Andrabi to beingness imprisonment pursuing her condemnation successful an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case.
Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh announced the verdict connected Ms. Andrabi aft concluding the arguments connected the quantum of sentence.
The tribunal besides sentenced 2 associates of Andrabi — Sofi Fehmeeda and Nahida Nasreen — who were besides convicted for 30 years successful situation successful the aforesaid case.
Earlier connected January 14, Ms. Andrabi, Ms. Fehmeeda and Ms. Nasreen were convicted nether the offences of UAPA Sections 20 (punishment for being a subordinate of a violent pack oregon violent organisation), 38 (offence relating to rank of a violent organisation) and 39 (supporting a violent organisation).
The tribunal besides convicted the 3 women nether IPC Sections 153A (promoting enmity betwixt antithetic groups), 153B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to nationalist integration), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 505 (statements conducing to nationalist mischief) and 121A (conspiracy to perpetrate offences against the State).
Following her conviction, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had sought beingness imprisonment for Ms. Andrabi, saying she had waged warfare against India and a stern connection was required to beryllium sent that conspiring against the State would invitation the harshest penalty.
