On 4 February, s division bench of Justice SS Shinde and Manish Pitale had reserved the order on NIA’s appeal against the special court’s bail order after conducting a hearing for over three hours.
The HC in its 38-page ruling said, “He comes from educated family and if stringent conditions are imposed upon him, with undertaking to cooperate with trial, his release on bail may not be harmful to society at large and it would not adversely affect trial proceedings before NIA Court.”
The order further noted that while Majeed has been charged under provisions of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and is accused of having the intention to partake in terrorist activities in India, “no death was caused by the alleged plans hatched by the respondent since he was arrested the moment he landed in India,” PTI reported.
The Arrest
Majeed was part of a group of pilgrims who travelled to Iraq. The NIA had claimed that they had separated from the tour group, joined the…