While dismissing the appeal by the NIA against the bail granted to an accused in a case under the UAPA by the Jharkhand High Court Supreme Court bench observed that the way the NIA seems to be going, it looked like it would have a problem with even a person reading a newspaper.
The High Court of Madras has granted bail to a Maoist who had been arrested on suspicion by NIA on condition of giving an oath to the effect that he would abide by the Constitution of India, while swearing his utmost faith by filing an affidavit in Tamil stating that he does not believe in Maoist ideology.
The Special Court under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act had three more accused in the Bhima Koregaon case seeking discharge from all charges against them in the 2018 case.