The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Monday orally requested the Delhi High Court to not conduct open court proceedings while hearing the agency’s appeal seeking death sentence for jailed Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in the 2016 terror funding case.

The request was made by Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Akshai Malik, appearing on behalf of the NIA, before Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain. SPP Malik orally requested, “Let it not be in open court, please give a separate link [for Yasin Malik to appear].”

Yasin represents himself before the Delhi HC and appears via video conference from Tihar jail.

The request came as the NIA sought an adjournment in the case on Monday, to respond to the claims made by the separatist leader in an affidavit submitted to Delhi HC in a

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