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Delhi Court Orders Framing of UAPA and IPC Charges Against PFI and 25 Leaders

The ruling moves the National Investigation Agency’s long-running case toward trial by citing documents and events that the judge said raise a grave suspicion of a conspiracy to establish an Islamic caliphate by 2047.

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Overview

  • A Delhi court ordered the formal framing of criminal and UAPA charges against 25 named members and the Popular Front of India as an organisation on Friday, allowing the prosecution to proceed to trial on specified offences.
  • The judge directed charges under UAPA sections including 18 and 18B and IPC provisions for crimes such as criminal conspiracy, promoting enmity, and waging or attempting to wage war against the government.
  • The court cited prosecution evidence that includes records of NEC and state-level meetings, training programmes, and a confidential ‘Vision 2047’ document the NIA says set a long-term plan and named a future Amir.
  • Senior PFI figures named in the order include chairman O.M.A. Salam, vice-chairman E.M. Abdul Rahiman, general secretary Anis Ahmed, secretary Afsar Pasha, and founding chairman E. Abubacker, and the court treated the PFI as a juristic person capable of committing offences.
  • The case stems from an NIA FIR filed in April 2022 and the government’s September 2022 UAPA ban on PFI; the court set a hearing for formal framing on July 10 and a prolonged, politically sensitive trial is likely to follow.