UAPA case: NIA court to decide on framing charges soon
The Hindu
Court will ascertain whether the accused had the intention to commit the offence
The Pantheerankavu Maoist case will be taken up shortly by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court, Kochi, to ascertain whether there are sufficient grounds to frame charges against the accused.
After spending nearly nine months in jail, Alan Shuhaib and Thwaha Fasal, the two youths against whom the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act was invoked by the investigation agency, had secured bail from the Supreme Court last week. The apex court granted them bail after finding that the charges them did not stand prima facie. Restoring the order of the NIA Special Judge Anil Bhaskar granting bail to the duo, the apex court also held that the bail conditions imposed by the trial court would hold good.