Won't Challenge Life Sentence To Terrorist Yasin Malik: NIA To NDTV

"We as a prosecuting agency would not challenge verdict for enhancement but if some victim or an individual in the case wants to then they can approach the court," a senior NIA officer told NDTV

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) won't challenge the life sentence given to terrorist Yasin Malik in which court has awarded him life sentence in a terror funding case.

"We as a prosecuting agency would not challenge verdict for enhancement but if some victim or an individual in the case wants to then they can approach the court," a senior NIA officer told NDTV.

He said technically there is no bar on challenging a judgment for enhancing punishment. "The fact is Yasin Malik pleaded guilty, which helped him in getting a lower sentence. For waging war against India, he could have got death penalty," the officer said.

There has been buzz that it was a tactic by Yasin Malik to show internationally how his legal rights were violated. "He raised the issue of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee allocating him a passport to prove that he was not considered criminal by various governments," another NIA officer, asking to be identified, told NDTV.