New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- A Special Court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Lucknow sentenced one accused to imprisonment besides imposing a fine in a case related to a terror conspiracy by the banned Al-Qaeda organisation based in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
The court sentenced Mohammad Moid of Lucknow to the period he had already spent in prison - one year, nine months, and thirteen days - along with a fine of Rs. 5,000 under Section 25(1B)(a) of the Arms Act, read with Section 120B of the IPC. The sentence was pronounced after the accused pleaded guilty.
The trial against the remaining five chargesheeted accused is ongoing. The case relates to the arrest of two Al-Qaeda members in July 2021 by the U.P. Anti-Terrorism Squad...