Islamabad
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to announce its verdict in the Indian spy Kulbushan Jadhav case today(Wednesday).
The Indian spy was arrested on March 3, 2016, from Balochistan on allegations of espionage and terrorism.
In his subsequent trial at the military court, Jadhav confessed to his involvement in terrorist plots. The army chief on April 10, 2017, had endorsed the death penalty for Jadhav after he confessed to his involvement in terrorist plots. However, the International Court of Justice ordered a stay in his execution.
In June 2017, the Indian spy filed a mercy petition against the death penalty in which he confessed to his involvement in espionage and terrorist plots.
It’s going to be for the first time that a 16-judge bench of ICJ, led by a Muslim judge Justice Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, would decide whether consular access should be given to the spy or not.
