Pro-ISIS group member granted bail in terror case
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A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja observed that the trial was "not likely to end any time soon" and the material before it did not warrant denial of bail to Mohammad Saqib alias Saqib Iftekar, who worked as an Imam in the Jama Masjid in Baksar, Uttar Pradesh.
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The Delhi High Court
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has granted bail to an alleged member of a pro-ISIS group 'Harkat-ul-Harb-E-Islam' in a case under the anti-terror law, citing his long period of incarceration of eight years.
A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja observed that the trial was "not likely to end any time soon" and the material before it did not warrant denial of bail to Mohammad Saqib alias Saqib Iftekar, who worked as an Imam in the Jama Masjid in Baksar, Uttar Pradesh.
Saqib challenged a trial court's 2024 order denying him bail in the 2018 FIR registered for offences under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the Explosive Substances Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
"The appellant had been taken in custody on 26.12.2018 and has, therefore, remained in jail for almost 8 years. Presently, out of 120 witnesses cited by the prosecution, statements of only 40 witnesses have been recorded. "The learned SPP has submitted that the respondent shall be dropping 39 witnesses. Even if that be so, the trial is not likely to end any time soon," the court said in the judgment passed on Monday.
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