Posters Seeking To Alienate J&K Residents From India Can Attract UAPA: High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that posters allegedly intended to alienate residents of Jammu and Kashmir from the rest of India are sufficient, at the stage of framing charges, to prima facie attract an offence under Section 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). A Division Bench of Justice Rajnesh Oswal and Justice Sanjay Parihar dismissed appeals filed by Adnan Bashir Bangroo and Mohammad Manan Dar against a Srinagar special court’s order framing charges against them.