The Supreme Court has granted relief in the Abubacker Medical Bail Plea, allowing former Popular Front of India chairman E. Abubacker to be treated at Max Hospital, Saket, subject to strict conditions. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on October 16 granted relief to former Popular Front of India (PFI) chairman E. Abubacker on his plea […]
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court has granted bail to Mohd. Shahzad Kamal, accused by the NIA under the UAPA of channelling funds from Saudi Arabia to an alleged terror module linked to an ISIS affiliate, setting aside the Special Court’s May 2024 refusal. He has been in custody since August 31, 2021. The detailed order is awaited and the allegations are untested.
A Special NIA Court at Patiala House has ordered the framing of money laundering charges under Section 3 of the PMLA against Yasin Malik, Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Masarat Alam, Abdul Rashid Sheikh, Naval Kishore Kapoor and Trison Farms and Constructions Pvt Ltd, on the ED’s allegation that Rs 8,94,87,639 in proceeds of crime was generated and received. The allegations remain untested at trial.
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court has granted bail to Naim @ Mohd. Naeem, accused by the NIA of arranging weapons for an alleged ISIS-linked terror module, noting that he has been in custody since January 2019, that only 42 of 112 witnesses have been examined, and that there is no possibility of the trial concluding soon.
A Delhi court has granted Sharjeel Imam interim bail from October 4 to 10 to attend his cousin’s wedding, in the 2020 North-East Delhi riots larger-conspiracy case under the UAPA. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of the Karkardooma Courts passed the order. Imam’s regular bail plea, along with that of Umar Khalid, is listed before the Delhi High Court on September 30. The allegations in the case are untested.
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to Jagtar Singh Johal in a batch of NIA cases under the UAPA, setting aside the trial court’s refusals. Noting that he has spent over eight years in custody with 123 witnesses still to be examined and no prospect of the trial concluding soon, the Court held that the constitutional right to a speedy trial can justify bail even under the UAPA’s stringent regime. The allegations are untested; the grant is subject to stringent conditions.