Terror funding: HC asks NIA to respond to Hurriyat leader Nayeem Khan’s bail plea
The Hindu
Hurriyat Conference leader Mr. Khan was arrested on July 24, 2017 and is currently in judicial custody.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought response of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on a plea by separatist leader Nayeem Ahmad Khan seeking bail in a terror-funding case involving 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed.
A bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh issued notice to the NIA and asked it to file reply to the petition challenging a trial court’s order denying bail to the accused.
The high court listed the matter for further hearing on March 23.
Mr. Khan has challenged the trial court’s December 3, 2022 order dismissing his bail plea saying that there was prima facie evidence available against the accused.
Hurriyat Conference leader Mr. Khan was arrested on July 24, 2017 and is currently in judicial custody.
The trial court, in its December 3, 2022 order, had noted that the charges against the accused were framed in March 2022 and that order has not been stayed or set aside, despite a challenge in the high court.
It had said that the accused was prima facie involved in terror funding activities and had led a pro-ISIS rally and visited the area where terrorists were killed.
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