New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- The Delhi High Court on Monday sought a response from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on appeals filed by Kashmiri separatist leader and Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) chief Asiya Andrabi and her two associates challenging their conviction and sentence in a terror case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

A Division Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Vikas Mahajan issued notice to the NIA on Andrabi's appeal against the trial court order sentencing her to life imprisonment. The Bench also sought the agency's response to the appeals filed by her co-convicts, Sofi Fehmeeda and Nahida Nasreen, who have challenged the trial court's order sentencing them to 30 years' imprisonment each.

The...