On Wednesday, December 8, the Bombay High Court accorded relief to Naresh Gaur who is an accused in the Antilia terror scare case, highlighted reports. This challenged a special NIA court order that had stayed for 25 days the bail it had accorded to him.
Justice Sandeep K Shinde quashed and set aside the roznama of special NIA Court. With this, it stayed the bail given to Gaur. Apart from this, the court also refuted NIA’s request to stay the operation of its verdict.
According to accounts, Gaur’s counsel argued that whilst the special court had accorded the bail to him on merits, it wasn’t competent to stay its own verdict at the central agency’s petition. On November 20, the special court granted bail to Gaur.
Gaur was amongst the first ten to be arrested in the case to be accorded bail. However, the court added that Gaur won’t be promptly released as it stayed its own order for 25 days post the NIA stating it wanted to go to the HC against the bail being given.
In March, Gaur was arrested for his supposed involvement in the purchase of SIM cards utilized by the other accused in the conspiracy. On December 3, the HC was apprised by advocates representing Gaur that the special court had falsely stayed its bail order.
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