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The Gauhati High Court has dismissed the State appeal filed against the order of a Special NIA Court that granted bail to activist Akhil Gogoi last year, in connection with a case of rioting.
While doing so, a Division Bench comprising of
Justices Suman Shyam and
Mir Alfaz Ali made it clear that mere that to attract the offences punishable under the Unlawful Assemblies (Prevention) Act, 1967 the act complained of must be a terrorist act committed with the intention to threaten the integrity, sovereignty of India, etc.
It further held that merely causing civil disturbances, without the element of intention to cause terrorist act would not fall within the ambit of unlawful activity under section 2(1)(o) of the UAPA Act.
UAPA: 72% Rise in Arrests Between 2015 and 2019
Data revealed by the home ministry earlier showed that just 2.2% of the cases under the Act ended in court convictions.
Government10/Mar/2021
New Delhi: There has been a 72% increase in the number of arrests made under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in 2019 in relation to those made in 2015, according to data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the Lok Sabha.
The Hindu, the MHA revealed that as many as 1,948 persons were arrested under the UAPA in 1,226 cases that were registered across the country in 2019. Between the years 2015 and 2018, 897, 922, 901 and 1,182 cases were registered and 1,128, 999, 1,554 and 1,421 people were arrested, Union minister of state for home G. Kishan Reddy said in a written reply.