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In an in-camera proceeding, the NIA also made a plea to the court for recording of Hussain`s statement separately before a magistrate under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The court kept the plea pending for a decision on it later, court sources said. During the proceedings, Hussain told the court that he does not need the services of any lawyer in the case, the sources said. On doubts over his date of birth, Hussain told the court that he was not a juvenile as he was born in 1994 and that his official records did not carry his actual date of birth. The court sources added Hussain also told the judge that he is not sure of the date and month of his birth. The judge, however, sent him to judicial custody for two days.
Hussain told the court that he had not been in touch with his family members since long. Hussain, who is said to be a student of Islamia Faridia Higher Secondary School at Kishtwar, was arrested on September 13 for allegedly sending a terror mail to media houses claiming responsibility for the September 7 blast at the high court that killed 15 people and left over 70 others injured.
