In an order passed on October 16, Parveen Singh, Special Judge for National Investigation Agency (NIA) at Patiala House Courts Complex, New Delhi, pronounced sentence on 15 accused persons convicted in Islamic State (IS) Conspiracy Delhi Case, reports nia.gov.in. They have been accused and sentenced with rigorous imprisonment. This case was registered on December 9, 2015, under section 125 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections 18, 18B, 38and 39 of UA(P) Act, 1967 and pertains to criminal conspiracy hatched by the IS to establish its base in India by recruitingMuslim youth for IS, by using different social media platforms. It was revealed that the accused persons had formed an organisation by name Junood-ul-Khilafa-Fil-Hind to recruit Muslim youth to work for IS and commit acts of terrorism in India at the behest of one Yusuf-Al-Hindi alias Shafi Armar alias Anjan Bhai, who was based in Syria and was purportedly the ‘media chief’ of IS.