The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has approached the Delhi High Court, challenging a trial court's decision to grant bail to human rights activist Khurram Parvez and Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj.
The bail was granted in a terror funding case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
Senior counsel for the NIA said the agency filed an appeal before a division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia on Sunday. The matter is listed for hearing on Monday.
While the defence opposed an urgent hearing and requested that the matter be heard on Tuesday, the court decided to take up the case on Monday.
On Saturday, the Patiala House Court had granted bail to Parvez and Mehraj in the 2020 UAPA case registered by the NIA over alleged terror funding through NGOs. The order was passed by Principal District and Sessions Judge Pitambar Dutt.
The bail order would have secured Parvez's release, as he had already obtained bail from the Delhi High Court in a separate UAPA case. The case against Khurram Parvez was registered in October 2020. The NIA alleged that several NGOs, trusts and societies in Jammu and Kashmir were raising and diverting funds to support terrorism-related activities.
Mehraj worked as a researcher with the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) until March 2022, while Parvez was the organisation's coordinator.
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