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Any failure on the part of the convict, Faiz Rasheed, a resident of Bengaluru’s Kacharakanahalli, will result in six more months of imprisonment, said Judge CM Gangadhara of the special court for National Investigation Agency and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) cases.
On February 14, 2019, a suicide bomber affiliated with the Jaish-e-Mohammed terror outfitrammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a CRPF convoy, killing 40 personnel in Pulwama’s Lethapora.
Bengaluru police had arrested Rasheed, a third-year electronic and communication student, three days after the Pulwama incident. He was in Bengaluru Central Prison since his arrest.
Offence committed by student heinous, against nation: Judge
Refusing to consider releasing the accused on probation of good conduct, the judge said: “The accused was not an illiterate or ordinary man. He was an engineering student at the time of commission of the offence and he made the posts and comments intentionally on his Facebook account. He felt happy about killing of the great souls and celebrated the death of the great souls as he was not an Indian. Therefore, the offence committed by the accused is against this great nation and heinous in nature.”
The judge had on Thursday convicted Rasheed under IPC sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups) an d 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) and section 13 (punishment for unlawful activities) of UAPA. Special public prosecutor GN Arun argued for the state.
On the sedition charge invoked aga inst Rasheed under IPC section 124A, the judge said: “(The) apex court has stayed the operation of section 124A ofIPC and directed the courts to keep all the pending trials, appeals and proceedings with res pect to charges framed under the said section in abeyance… (Therefore) this court has no power to proceed with the trial in respect of the said offence and the same is kept in abeyance till final verdict of the apex court.”
“This court has come to the conclusion that the prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused committed the offences punishable under section 153A and 201 of IPC and section 13 of UAPA with cogent and convincing evidence,” the judge held.
Three days after the Pulwama incident, Bengaluru police arrested Rasheed, a third-year electronic and communication student with a private college, under different IPC sections and section 13 (punishment for unlawful activities) of UAPA.
Before police seized his mobile, Rasheed, who had sensed police action, had deleted all the posts. However, with help from cybercrime police, investigators succeeded in retrieving the deleted posts and they were certified by forensic experts.
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