Shabir Shah case: Delhi High Court dismisses bail plea of Kashmiri separatist leader in terror funding case

Delhi High Court denies bail for Kashmiri separatist Shabir Ahmad Shah in terror funding case, NIA investigation ongoing.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday (June 12, 2025) refused the bail plea for Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah, in judicial custody in a terror funding case probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

A Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur pronounced the verdict while rejecting Mr. Shah’s appeal challenging a trial court’s July 7, 2023 order refusing to grant him bail.

“The present appeal is dismissed,” the Bench said. The detailed order is awaited.

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The High Court in August 2023 sought a response from the NIA on Mr. Shah’s appeal. His counsel has sought bail on behalf of the appellant on the grounds that “it was a no material case”.

In his 2023 appeal assailing the trial court order rejecting his bail application, the appellant said he has been in custody for four years and the trial would take a long time to conclude.

“The impugned order of the additional sessions judge is contrary to law weight of evidence and probabilities of the case. The appellant has been languishing in jail in the present case for four years, with over 400 witnesses to be examined and only 15 witnesses having been examined till date in over 4 years,” the appeal said.