Mumbai's National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court on May 26, convicted and sentenced an Islamic State (IS) terrorist, identified as Mohammed Shahed Khan alias Lala in the Parbhani case of Maharashtra, reports India Today. While another accused, Naser Bin Yafai alias Chaus, has already been convicted of seven years imprisonment by the NIA Special Court on May 6, 2022. The verdict is in connection to the conspiracy case hatched by IS operatives in Syria to radicalise Indian youth via internet. An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was made at their instruction. The court sentenced the accused, to seven years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of INR 45,000. He has been charged under section 13 (unlawful activities), 16 (terrorist act), 18 (conspiracy), 20 (member of a terrorist organization), 38 (support to a terrorist organization), 39 (offence relating to support given to a terrorist organisation) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act- UAPA, section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections 4 (attempt to cause explosion), 5 (making or possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances), 6 (abets or is accessory to sections under the act) of Explosive Substance Act, 1908.