NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to stay the bail granted to Kashmiri human rights activist Khuram Parvez and journalist Irfan Mehraj in a 2020 case registered under the anti-terror law UAPA.
The counsel for the National Investigation Agency (NIA) sought a stay on the trial court’s bail order, passed on July 18, on the grounds that the case pertained to serious offences and that the relief given to the two accused persons was “bereft of any reasoning”.
The NIA counsel also argued that the bail order would have a “chilling effect” and “create a problem” by being cited as a precedent in other cases.