MHA described the Shahzad Bhatti Network as an organisation seeking to recruit “gullible youth and local criminals” for the smuggling of arms, explosives and narcotics from across the border.
The bench said Section 44 of UAPA “is meant to be a protection/shield to the witnesses from threats” and “not a sword in the hands of the prosecution to curtail or abridge the valuable right of cross- ...
Jairam Ramesh questioned whether the NIA had dropped the terror charge after a proper investigation or whether the Modi government had been “pressurised” by US authorities to do so.
NIA had earlier told the court that the accused were being probed for a wide-ranging terror conspiracy, including assistance to ethnic armed groups in India and Myanmar, and imparting drone training t ...
Upholding the Principal Sessions Court’s order to de-seal the premises, the bench said there is “no infirmity” in the impugned order passed by the Principal Sessions Judge.
