New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to the Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in a terror financing case, in which he was arrested by the National Investigation Agency on June 4, 2019.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said a detailed order will follow with some strict bail conditions for Shah.
The bench passed the order after hearing counter arguments on behalf of Shah, represented by senior lawyer Colin Gonsalves. Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra appeared on behalf of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
During the hearing, the panel pointed out several anomalies in the trial and noted Shah’s long imprisonment.
On September 4 last year, the high court refused to grant interim bail to Shah in the case and issued a notice to the NIA, seeking its response on his petition challenging a Delhi High Court order dated June 12, 2025, which denied him relief.
The Supreme Court refused to grant bail to Shah, noting that the possibility of him carrying out similar illegal activities and influencing witnesses could not be ruled out.
In 2017, the NIA booked 12 people on charges of conspiracy to raise funds to disturb peace by pelting stones, damaging public property and conspiring to wage war against the central government.
Shah was alleged to have played a “crucial role” in facilitating a separatist movement in Jammu and Kashmir by inciting the general public to raise slogans in support of the secession of Jammu and Kashmir, paying tribute to the family of slain terrorists by hailing them as “martyrs”, receiving money through Hawala and rais fund transactions. subversive and militant activity.
