Senior Advocate Trideep Pais said, "UAPA, POTA, PMLA are distrust of judiciary. These are enacted so that your (judiciary) hands are tied. This is a joke. No accused should be held in this FIR. This is a cooked-up FIR."
B-warrant has been issued by the competent court on April 18, 2020, against the applicant which was duly served on the applicant on November 19, 2020, by the jail authorities of District Jail, Sitapur.
The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh has, however, granted liberty to the petitioners to file a fresh plea challenging the newly passed Act.