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On 3 March 2016, Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav, an Indian national, was arrested in Pakistan over charges of terrorism and spying for India's intelligence agency. However, India has denied such allegations and maintained that it has no official links with him. On 10 April 2017, he was sentenced to death by a Field General Court Martial in Pakistan. Following an approach by India, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) stayed the hanging of Jadhav on 18 May 2017. It increasingly appears that Jadhav's fate depends more on the status of IndiaPakistan relationship than the final verdict of the ICJ.