India: The Delhi High Court has reserved order on the bail plea of senior All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Shabbir Ahmad Shah, who has been languishing in New Delhi’s notorious Tihar Jail in a fake case lodged by the National Investigation Agency in 2017.
Shabbir Ahmad Shah had moved the High Court against an order of the special NIA court refusing bail to him. Division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur reserved an order after taking the list of cases against Shabbir Ahmad Shah on record.
It was submitted that there were 24 fake cases against him, he has been charged in 18 cases. Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves appeared for the petitioner Shabbir Ahmad Shah. He moved the High Court in 2023. The trial court dismissed his earlier bail plea on July 7, 2023.
Earlier in 2023, a notice was issued to NIA. The counsel for the petitioner has submitted that it is a fresh bail application. He has been in custody since 2017. The charge sheet has been filed against the petitioner.
