Nayeem Ahmad Khan file figure arrested. | Photo credit: Nissar Ahmad
The Superior Court of Delhi has denied the bond to the separatist leader Nayeem Ahmad Khan, hero in 2017 in a case of terrorist financing that involves the terrorist leader of Lashkar-E-Taiba, Hafiz Saeed.
The Court said that the long imprisonment of a subtray cannot be a reason to grant bond in such cases aimed at the destabilization of the country.
“While we are aware that the right of a trial below the trial is of primary consideration, in cases that involve terrorist activities, which have implications nationwide and when there is an intention to destabilize the unity of the union of India and interrupt their law and order, more, so it is terror in the minds of the public, which are also factors that are also a long period of incorporation, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself same, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself, in itself, the long period of incorporations, “said the court order on April 9.
The defendant had challenge of an order from the Court of First Instance against his bail statement. He argued that the trial was not likely to conclude in the near future. Citing the period of custody suffered by him and his fundamental right to freedom, he said that bail should be granted.
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Arrested in 2017
The leader of the Hurriyat Conference, Khan, was arrested on July 24, 2017 and is currently in judicial custody.
In the case registered in 2017 by virtue of the Anti -Terror Law, the illegal Activities Law (Prevention), the NIA affirmed that secessionists entered into a criminal conspiracy to instigate the general public to resort to violence and create an assaulted atmosphere for the spread of their agenda in the Kashmir valley.
‘Threat for unity’
The court observed that Great facieThe accused people, including Khan, conspired for the secession of Jammu and Kashmir of the Union of India through terrorist activities of Terrough, Thich threatened the unity, integrity and security of the nation. Granting the bond would be detrimental to public security, as well as for the trial, he said.
The note of the Court of Documentary Evidence, the statements of the witnesses and other material found by the Prosecutor’s Office conclude that there were reasonable reasons to believe that the accusations against Khan are true, therefore, attracting the limitation.
Published – April 15, 2025 08:56 PM IST