A bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Vikas Mahajan condoned the delay in filing the appeals against the trial court verdict and issued notice to the investigating agency. Andrabi, 62, founder of the women’s separatist group Dukhtaran-e-Millat, and her associates Nahida Nasreen, 58, and Sofi Fehmeeda, 48, were convicted by a special NIA court on January 14. The trial court held that they had orchestrated a systematic campaign aimed at destabilising Jammu and Kashmir. The three were formally charged in February 2021 under various provisions of the UAPA and IPC. Andrabi was arrested by Jammu and Kashmir Police in April 2018 in Anantnag for allegedly planning a large-scale demonstration and stone-pelting.