Srinagar, March 25 -- A Delhi court on Tuesday sentenced Kashmiri separatist and Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi to life imprisonment for conspiring to commit a crime against the State, a statement issued to Kashmir Images said.

Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh also sentenced Andrabi's two associates, Sofi Fehmeeda and Nahida Nasreen, to 30 years' imprisonment in the case.

The court awarded life sentences to Andrabi under Section 18 (punishment for conspiracy) of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and under Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 121 A of the erstwhile IPC.

According to Section 16 of the UAPA, "Whoever commits a terrorist act shall, if such act has resulted in the death of any p...