New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a report from the Tihar Jail superintendent on the non-appearance of Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik through video conferencing during the hearing of the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) appeal seeking enhancement of his life sentence to the death penalty in a terror funding case.

A division bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Arun Bhardwaj directed the jail authorities to explain the circumstances surrounding Malik's absence and ordered that he be produced virtually on the next date of hearing.

"Let a report in this regard be called from the concerned jail superintendent. On the next date, the respondent (Yasin Malik) shall be made to join the proceedings ...