In February 2021, the court had framed terrorism, sedition, UAPA and other charges against Andrabi and her two associates. (File Photo)
A Delhi court Wednesday convicted Kashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi and two of her associates in a terror case lodged under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
Andrabi, chief of the banned Kashmiri outfit Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DEM), was arrested in 2018 for allegedly using various platforms to spread “insurrectionary imputations and hateful speeches” that endangered the integrity, security, and sovereignty of India.
In September 2025, the court of NIA Judge Chander Jit Singh had rejected the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA’s) plea to submit additional evidence against Andrabi and her associates through a supplementary chargesheet after final arguments in the trial had been concluded.
In February 2021, the court had framed terrorism, sedition, UAPA and other charges against Andrabi and her two associates for allegedly waging war against the government of India and conspiring to commit terror acts in the country.
The court had framed charges under sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 121 (waging war against the Government of India), 121-A (conspiracy to wage war against Government of India), 124-A (sedition), 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups), 153-B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) of the IPC.
It had also framed charges under sections 18 (conspires or attempts to commit, or advocates, abets, advises or incites terror act), 20 (being member of terrorist gang or organisation), 38 (offence relating to membership of a terrorist organisation) and 39 (offence relating to support given to a terrorist organisation) under UAPA Act.
As per the NIA, Andrabi and her associates were involved in conspiracy to “severely destabilise the sovereignty and integrity of India”. The agency further claimed that through their activities on cyber space, the three were running a concerted campaign to solicit support of the Pakistani establishment, which included arranging support from terrorist entities from Pakistan.
The NIA had further claimed the three were using various media platforms to spread hateful speeches that endanger the integrity, security and sovereignty of India and that they openly advocated secession of Jammu and Kashmir from the Union of India.
They were arrested in April 2018 and have been in custody since.
Curated by Dr. Elena Rodriguez
