"As opposed to deceiving the sincere goals of the public authority, he followed an alternate way to organize viciousness in the pretense of political battle," the court said.
Malik expressed that while the NIA had blamed him for participating in fear monger exercises after the killing of Burhan Wani, he was captured following Wani's passing and "could never have taken part in vicious fights".
Senior Public Prosecutor Neel Kamal, showing up for the NIA, let the court know that Malik's demonstrations "had prompted serious disarray and turmoil in the Valley and brought about the deficiency of various lives and harm to property".
The examiner contended that since Malik decided to take up arms against India, a message must be shipped off society and no mercy ought to be shown. He said capital punishment ought to be granted since the convict was liable for "slaughter and departure of Kashmiri Pandits" and was a bad-to-the-bone criminal without any opportunity of transformation.
The NIA had let the court know that when Malik's home was struck, they tracked down a duplicate of a note, on a Hizbul Mujahideen letterhead, endorsed by different dread associations, cautioning individuals to withdraw themselves from coordinators of football competitions in the Valley and show dedication to the opportunity battle.
Amicus curiae Akhand Pratap Singh battled that since Malik had confessed, it showed his tendency to change. After the request was articulated, Malik embraced Singh and said thanks to him for his help.
Malik was condemned to life in prison for two offenses under Section 121 (taking up arms against the Government of India) of IPC and Section 17 (raising assets for fear based oppressor demonstration) of the UAPA.
The court likewise granted Malik 10-year prison term each under Sections 120 B (criminal trick), 121-A (connivance to take up arms against the Government of India) of IPC and Sections 15 (psychological warfare), 18 (scheme for illegal intimidation) and 20 (being individual from fear association) of UAPA. It likewise gave five-year prison term each under Sections 13 (unlawful demonstration), 38 (offense connected with enrollment of psychological warfare) and 39 (support given to illegal intimidation) of the UAPA. Every one of the sentences will run simultaneously.
In March, while outlining charges with regards to this issue, the court had said that at first sight, it has been laid out that Shabir Shah, Yasin Malik, Rashid Engineer, Altaf Fantoosh, Masrat, and Hurriyat/Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) were the immediate beneficiaries of dread assets.
The court had likewise noticed that at first sight there was a criminal connivance compliant with which largescale fights, bringing about savagery and illegal conflagration, were organized in the Valley.
It had said Malik had set up an intricate construction and component across the world to raise assets for completing fear monger and other unlawful exercises in J&K for the sake of "opportunity battle".