Lucknow, Oct 30 (PTI) A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) here sentenced a man to imprisonment on Thursday in a case related to a terror conspiracy hatched by the Al-Qaeda, a proscribed terrorist organisation based at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, according to an official statement.

The court sentenced Mohammad Moid of Lucknow to the period already spent by him in prison, that is, one year, nine months and 13 days, and slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on him.

The sentence was pronounced by the court after the accused pleaded guilty.

The trial against the remaining five chargesheeted accused is continuing in the case, relating to the arrest of two Al-Qaeda members in July 2021 by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS).

The arrests took place on the basis of inf

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