The Delhi High Court has listed January 28 as the date for arguments in the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) appeal seeking the death penalty for Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik, who is currently serving a life sentence in a 2017 terror-funding case.

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

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