The
petitio e
was
a ested
o
Sept
22,
2022,
fo
allegedly
adicalisi g
youth
a d
bei g
i volved
i
viole t
activities
NEW
DELHI:
A
week
afte
c iticisi g
lo g
delay
i
t ial
of
a
Popula
F o t
of
I dia
(PFI)
activist
faci g
UAPA
cha ges
by
asse ti g
that
“lifespa
of
a
c imi al
t ial
ca ot
be
that
of
a
tu tle”,
Sup eme
Cou t
o
Wed esday
agai
slammed
the
Ka ataka
govt
fo
submitti g
a
p osecutio
pla
“as
absu d
as
a
fai ytale”.Mi dful
of
the
t e d
of
UAPA
t ials
li ge i g
i defi itely,
a
be ch
of
Chief
Justice
Su ya
Ka t
a d
Justices
Joymalya
Bagchi
a d
V
Moha a
said
o
special
cou t,
set
up
to
co duct
t ial
of
UAPA
cases,
should
be
saddled
with
mo e
tha
12-15
cases.
The
di ective
came
as
the
be ch
fou d
that
the
p osecutio
was
yet
to
sta t
p oduci g
its
wit esses
despite
havi g
cited
700
of
them.
The
accused,
a
fu ctio a y
of
the
outlawed
ha dli e
Islamist
g oup
PFI,
has
bee
i
jail
fo
fou
yea s.
The
SC
o
Aug
5
asked
the
state
govt
to
submit
a
p osecutio
pla
specifyi g
how
ma y
p otected
wit esses
we e
to
be
exami ed
a d
withi
what
timef ame.Ka ataka’s
cou sel
Rooh-e-Hi a
Dua
said
the
state
i te ded
to
exami e
th ee
p otected
wit esses
a d
50
othe
wit esses
agai st
the
petitio e
Shahid
Kha
a d
said
it
could
take
a
yea
fo
the
p osecutio
to
complete
its
evide ce
a d
exami atio
of
wit esses.The
be ch
said,
“It
shows
the
lackadaisical
app oach
of
the
state.
The
p osecutio
does
ot
give
a
clea
pictu e
of
the
t ial
p ocess
whe
the
accused
is
la guishi g
i
jail
fo
ea ly
fou
yea s
without
a
t ial.”Fo
the
petitio e ,
who
was
a ested
o
Sept
22,
2022,
fo
allegedly
adicalisi g
youth
a d
bei g
i volved
i
viole t
activities,
se io
advocate
Aditya
So dhi
said
the
HC
ejected
his
bail
plea
without
co side i g
the
ight
to
libe ty
a d
ight
to
expeditious
t ial.
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co ve satio
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The
be ch
said
the
cha ges
agai st
the
petitio e
we e
se ious
a d
di ected
the
p osecutio
to
complete
exami atio
of
the
th ee
p otected
wit esses
i
th ee
mo ths.
It
asked
the
p osecutio ,
the
petitio e
a d
the
co-accused,
who
a e
o
bail,
ot
to
epeatedly
file
applicatio s.The
petitio e
is
accused
of
helpi g
aise
fu ds
fo
PFI
betwee
2011
a d
2019
a d
helpi g
teams
of
the
ba ed
outfit
which
had
pla ed
attacks
i
Ka ataka,
Tamil
Nadu
a d
Ke ala
agai st
CAA
a d
NRC,
a d
judgeme t
elati g
to
hijab
a d
Bab i
demolitio .
