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Srinagar, Apr 25: A Sessions Court here on Saturday put in abeyance the trial court’s proceedings against former Chief Minister of J&K, Farooq Abdullah in a case related to alleged multi-crore fund misappropriation in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association .
After hearing, the Court of Additional Session Judge Srinagar, Farooq Ahmad Bhat put on hold two orders, one passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar on March 2 and the other on March 30, 2026.
In terms of the order of March 2, the Court dismissed Abdullah’s plea for discharge in the case registered against the three-time J&K Chief Minister and other accused persons by the CBI.
By virtue of an order dated March 30, the Court framed charges againstDr Abdullah.
The Court said that operation of the Impugned Order dated 02.03.2026, and the subsequent proceedings dated 30.03.2026 (framing of charges), conducted by the trial magistrate, shall remain in abeyance exclusively as they pertain to the revisionist Dr. Farooq Abdullah till the next date of hearing.
Moreover, the court pointed out “whether the addition of Section 109 RPC (Abetment) without a specific overt act of instigation amounts to a mechanical exercise of judicial power”.
Further, the content of the applicant (Farooq) deserves consideration as to whether a senior citizen should be subjected to the rigors of a protracted trial based on a remote administrative act from 2008, the court said.
The case pertains to alleged financial irregularities in the functioning of the JKCA, which was investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation. The CBI has filed a chargesheet accusing Abdullah and several others of siphoning off more than Rs 43 crore from grants provided by the Board of Control for Cricket in India to the association.
Besides Abdullah, the accused include Mohammad Saleem Khan (then General Secretary of JKCA), Ahsan Ahmad Mirza (then Treasurer), Manzoor Gazanfar Ali, Bashir Ahmad Misgar (an Executive with Jammu & Kashmir Bank), and Gulzar Ahmad Beigh.
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