New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday sentenced Kashmiri separatist and Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi to life imprisonment for conspiring to commit crimes against the state.Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jeet Singh also sentenced Andrabi’s two associates Sophie Fehmida and Nahida Nasreen to 30 years in prison in the case. The court sentenced Andrabi to life imprisonment under section 18 of the UAPA (punishment for conspiracy) and sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 121A of the erstwhile IPC. Section 18 of UAPA says, The court said that the sentences will run concurrently. The trio were sentenced on January 14, after which the NIA had sought life imprisonment for Andrabi, saying he had waged war against India, and needed to send a strong message that conspiring against the state would be punished with the harshest punishment. In its 286-page order, the court said that Andrabi and his associates conspired to separate Kashmir from India. Rejecting the defense arguments, the court said, “Treating the culprits leniently would be like injecting a new life and vigor into the spirit of the culprits, whose aim is to alienate an integral part of India.”