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Another accused in the 2017 case was awarded life imprisonment.
Four other accused had earlier been arrested in the case, which is closely linked to Mohammed Shariq, recently arrested after a cooker bomb he was carrying exploded in an auto rickshaw in Mangaluru.
According to an NIA official, the accused, while being abroad, had become a member of an ISIS-inspired terrorist module and actively conspired over social media to conduct terrorist attacks in south India.
The 32-year-old Iranian citizen is suspected of having procured deadly poisons cyanide and ricin to commit an 'Islamist-motivated' attack, as per authorities in western Germany.
The raids, which started early on Thursday, were held in 56 places across Kerala to unveil terror funding and alleged anti-national activities by the outfit, despite the ban.
On September 2022, the Centre had banned PFI for five years under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA.
Sheikh Hidayathullah and Sanofar Ali were arrested after the ongoing probe pointed to their involvement in the criminal conspiracy to cause the terror attack, said NIA.
The NIA court has increased by three days the remand period of those who were nabbed during last September's nation-wide raid.
The NIA also told the court that it has evidence of IS links between the leaders. The disclosure was part of its request to the court to extend the remand period of the arrested PFI state leaders.
Beijing on Tuesday advised its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country as soon as possible, following the attack.