Archive · 3 Aug 2026
Delhi HC Seeks NIA Reply on Asiya Andrabi's Plea
A woman named Asiya Andrabi was given a life sentence for helping a group that wanted Kashmir to join Pakistan.
Two of her friends got 30‑year sentences.
The Delhi High Court asked the National Investigation Agency to explain why the sentences were given.
The court will hear the case in October.
Politicians said different things: some praised the sentence, some said it was fair, and some asked for a kinder decision.
Delhi High Court asked NIA to respond to Asiya Andrabi's plea challenging her life sentence in a terror conspiracy case.
Court also issued notice to NIA on appeals by Sofi Fehmeeda and Nahida Nasreen, who seek suspension of their 30‑year sentences.
Andrabi was sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiracy to commit terrorist acts and waging war against India; Fehmeeda and Nasreen received 30‑year terms.
The case stems from a 2018 NIA investigation of Dukhtaran‑e‑Millat, an all‑women separatist group led by Andrabi, accused of promoting secessionist ideology.
Political leaders reacted: BJP praised the verdict, National Conference emphasized due process, PDP urged humanitarian reconsideration.
- Who
- Asiya Andrabi, Sofi Fehmeeda, Nahida Nasreen, Delhi High Court, National Investigation Agency
- What
- Plea challenging life sentence and 30‑year sentences in a terror conspiracy case
- When
- Monday
- Where
- Delhi, India
- Why
- To seek NIA's response and challenge the sentences
- Court
- Delhi High Court
- Responding Agency
- National Investigation Agency
- Defendant
- Asiya Andrabi
- Sentences
- Life imprisonment for Andrabi; 30 years for Fehmeeda and Nasreen
- Case Origin
- 2018 NIA investigation of Dukhtaran-e-Millat