While bail under certain sections has proven entirely impossible, different benches of the Supreme Court strike a cord of dissonance in reasoning as well.
Two recent benches of the Supreme Court, in the course of one week, interpreted the bail provision under UAPA differently, resulting in inconsistent outcomes.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted bail to an alleged member of the banned organisation Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). The accused was arrested in 2019 in a case under various.
The Delhi High Court held that the public prosecutor's report, which will go on to form the basis of the extended detention in a UAPA case, need not be shared with the accused at the stage of extending the remand.
Manzer Imam was arrested by the NIA in 2013 and has been accused of waging war against the State, raising funds for terrorist act and several other offences.