From Our Bureau
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Tihar jail superintendent to produce Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, convicted in a terror funding case via video conferencing only and not in person on August 9, when the NIA appeal is listed for hearing on death penalty to him.
A division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Anish Dayal allowed an urgent application moved by Tihar jail authorities to produce Malik through video conferencing.
The court modified its earlier order passed on May 29 issuing production warrants against Malik for August 09. The jail authorities had moved the application citing heavy security issues in producing Malik physically in court as also a Presidential order issued last year stating that Malik is a threat to the society and so he shall not be moved out from the jail or taken out from Delhi till one year or completion.
Recently, the Supreme Court saw Malik before it and questioned why he was there despite the order passed by the President.
The court modified its earlier order passed on May 29 issuing production warrants against Malik for August 09. The jail authorities had moved the application that he is lodged under the category of very high risk prisoner and thus, it is imperative that he is not physically produced in order to maintain public order and safety.
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