Summary
- The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has directed the Trial Court to frame charges against Mohd Yousuf Lone for sloganeering in support of secession, which the court found prima facie falls under Section 2(o) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
- This decision comes after Lone was previously discharged from charges related to incitement and violence against security forces during a 2013 procession led by separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
- The Bench emphasized that at the charge stage, strong suspicion is sufficient to proceed, rejecting the Trial Court's conclusion that unlawful activity was not established.
- The ruling reinstates the charge-sheet, indicating serious implications for how similar cases
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