Allahabad High Court, while granting bail to a man accused of sharing a ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ post on social media, observed that merely posting support for another country won’t attract the offence of ‘endangering sovereignty of India’ under BNS.
The NIA seeks to transfer the case of Engineer Rashid from the MP/MLA court to a Special NIA Court, arguing against potential trial delays. Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra stated it would take ten days for a High Court response. Rashid, arrested under UAPA in 2019, recently secured an election victory while in custody.
