The Kerala High Court today upheld the conviction of Laskar-e-Toiba operative Thadiyantevida Nasir and nine others accused of recruiting youths from Kerala for terror camps in Jammu & Kashmir. <br />''<br />''A Division Bench comprising Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice C. Jayachandran acquitted three others in the case – M. H. Faisal, Ummer Farooq and Muhammed Navas.<br />''<br />''The bench dismissed the plea filed by the accused who challenged the life imprisonment awarded by the NIA Special Court Ernakulam in 2013 in connection with the case.<br />'' <br />''The bench allowed an NIA plea and additionally convicted the ten accused under the offences of criminal conspiracy, collecting arms to wage war against the country and sedition, sentencing them to life imprisonment for each of these crimes. The court clarified that these sentences will run concurrently.<br />''<br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The case came to light when four persons who were shot dead by the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir turned out to be youths hailing from Kerala.</span><br />