Yasin Malik was assessed at AIIMS, treated, and sent from the center to HC

Separatist leader Yasin Malik, who is serving a life sentence in a terror financing case, was assessed by medical professionals at the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), and the appropriate treatment has been given, the Delhi High Court was told on Wednesday.

The central government’s attorney and the director general of prisons (Tihar Jail) both stated that Malik would get the necessary medical care as and when it is needed. Malik has said that he has severe renal and heart issues.

Malik’s petition, in which he requested that authorities produce his medical records and refer him to AIIMS or any other private super-specialty hospital in New Delhi or Jammu and Kashmir for appropriate and necessary treatment because he was suffering from severe kidney and cardiac problems, was heard by Judge Anoop Kumar Mendiratta, who also took note of the lawyer’s statement.

In support of the Center and DG (Prisons), Rajat Nair said that Malik was brought to the AIIMS, checked out by medical professionals, and then released. He stated the prisoner has received the appropriate medical care.

He noted that the status report was submitted in compliance with the court order and that it is the responsibility of the authorities to provide prisoners the appropriate medical care.

In order to ensure compliance, the high court also ordered that a copy of the order be forwarded to the relevant prison superintendent.

On February 2, the Tihar Jail superintendent was instructed by the high court to make sure Malik received the necessary medical care. The prosecution’s attorney had previously told the judge that Malik was rejecting the care he was receiving from the authorities and that there had been significant factual concealment in the petition.

Through his mother Aatika Malik, Malik’s plea was submitted on his behalf. Nair had argued that because Malik was a “very high risk security prisoner,” the medical staff may be taken inside the actual jail.

He had argued that AIIMS had established a medical board. Nevertheless, Malik declined their request to be evaluated via video conference while he was incarcerated because he preferred to see the hospital in person.

On May 24, 2022, a trial court here found the leader of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front guilty of many offenses under the severe Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and handed him life imprisonment.

The Delhi High Court has received an appeal from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) asking for the maximum punishment for the offense to be increased from a life sentence to the death penalty.

Two offenses were given life sentences: section 17 of the UAPA (raising money for terrorist acts) and section 121 of the IPC (waging war against the government of India).

Under sections 120 B (criminal conspiracy), 121-A (conspiracy to wage war against the government of India), and sections 15 (terrorism), 18 (conspiracy for terrorism), and 20 (becoming a member of a terror organization) of the UAPA, the court had sentenced Malik to ten years in prison each.