Ex-negotiator answered to be in association with ISI official condemned to 3 years in prison for spying

Ex-negotiator answered : The court has condemned a previous negotiator to three years in prison.

Previous negotiator Madhuri Gupta, who had served at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, was today condemned to three years in prison by a Delhi court.

The Delhi court sentenced her for passing on delicate data to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

Extra Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma gave her the greatest sentence for the offenses of spying and wrongful correspondence of data secured under the law.

Extra Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma while granting sentence watched that she was posted in an extremely touchy position in Indian High Commission in Pakistan.

Without a doubt, from a man of her stature, it was normal that she would act in more capable than a customary native as she was at high position of trust however her activity has discolored the picture of the nation and has made extreme danger the security of the nation.

– The court said

Gupta, who was the Second Secretary (Press and Information) at the high commission, was held blameworthy yesterday under different arrangements of the Official Secrets (OS) Act and criminal connivance under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

She has been conceded safeguard by the court to permit to offer against the conviction and the sentence and the court requesting that her outfit an individual bond and surety of Rs 25,000 each.

While indicting her, the Delhi court had said that the messages “passed on by the denounced were completely touchy data which could have been helpful to the adversary nation and its mystery was of most extreme significance”.

Ex-negotiator Gupta was indicted under Sections 3 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act which pull in a most extreme sentence of three years and fine or both.

However the court vindicated her of the stringent area 3(1) (Part-I) of the Official Secrets Act which pulls in a most extreme discipline of 14 years.

MADHURI GUPTA AND ISI OFFICIALS

Madhuri Gupta was captured on April 22, 2010 by the uncommon cell of the Delhi Police for supposedly passing on delicate data to Pakistani authorities and staying in contact with two ISI authorities, Mubshar Raza Rana and Jamshed.

According to the chargesheet recorded in July 2010, Gupta was involved with Jamshed, whom she intended to wed.

Madhuri Gupta claims she is pure.

On January 7, 2012, the trial court accused Gupta of spying under the Official Secrets Act. She was allowed abandon January 10, 2012.

Police tested the request and looked for change of the charges.

The Delhi High Court permitted the request in February 2016 and coordinated to outline a charge against Gupta under the segment having a most extreme discipline of 14 years.

(This Story Originating From INDIATODAY)