Section 135/3: Supporter in a terrorism offence

Supreme Court decisions interpreting this section

1. Supreme Court Judgment No. 3807/2563 (2020)

   A single course of insurgent conduct may be convicted under Section 135/3 alongside Sections 135/1 and 135/2 read with Section 86, with the heaviest law applied under Section 90 where the acts form one offence.

   The defendant was charged and convicted under Sections 135/1(1)(3), 135/2(2) read with Section 86, 135/3 and 209 together with firearms offences. The courts treated part of the conduct as a single act violating several laws and applied the heaviest provision, confirming that the terrorism-threat count under Section 135/3 forms part of this scheme.

2. Supreme Court Judgment No. 222/2556 (2013)

   Being a member of a secret society and supporting terrorism are separate offences with different intent and purpose, not a single act violating several laws, and are charged as separate counts.

   The defendant was charged under Sections 135/1, 135/2, 135/3 and 209. The appellate court convicted under Sections 135/1(1)(3), 135/2(2) read with Section 86, 135/3 and 209, and the courts held that being in a secret society and supporting terrorism were separate offences with different intent, charged on separate counts.

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