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During the hearing on Monday, Special Public Prosecutor Akshai Malik, appearing for the NIA, requested the court to conduct the proceedings in camera and to provide a private virtual link that would not be accessible to the public. The Division Bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain said it would consider the agency’s request.

Yasin Malik, who appeared virtually from Tihar Jail and represented himself, expressed anguish over the prolonged delay in the appeal, stating, “It’s been three years since the NIA filed the appeal. Keeping a person in limbo about whether he will be awarded the death sentence or not is psychological torture.”

Earlier, Malik had submitted an affidavit claiming that his 2006 meeting with Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan took place at the behest of Indi

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