{"id":35558,"date":"2022-01-28T15:00:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T10:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=35558"},"modified":"2022-01-28T13:53:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T08:53:01","slug":"in-setback-for-nia-kerala-high-court-acquits-two-muslim-men-in-uapa-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-world-news\/in-setback-for-nia-kerala-high-court-acquits-two-muslim-men-in-uapa-case\/","title":{"rendered":"In setback for NIA, Kerala High Court acquits two Muslim men in UAPA case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, January 28 (online): In a major setback to Indian\u2019s notorious, National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Kerala High Court acquitted two accused \u2013 Thadiyantevida Nazeer and Shafaz \u2013 in a case related to a twin bomb blast at the Kozhikode Mofussil bus stand and at the KSRTC bus stand on March 3, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The case was initially investigated by the local police and was taken over by the NIA in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The Kerala High Court allowed the appeals of Thadiyantevida Nazeer and Shafaz, thereby acquitting them.<\/p>\n<p>The Division Bench of Justice Vinod K. 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Jayachandran also declined the appeal filed by the NIA challenging the trial court\u2019s order acquitting the accused in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Nazeer and Shafaz, the first and fourth accused in the case, had filed an appeal seeking to quash the life sentence imposed on them by the trial court.<\/p>\n<p>They also refuted the trial court\u2019s finding that they had committed offences under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).<br \/>\nThe NIA had filed a charge sheet in 2010 under sections of the UAPA, IPC and Explosive Substances Act after taking over the investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, January 28 (online): In a major setback to Indian\u2019s notorious, National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Kerala High Court acquitted two accused \u2013 Thadiyantevida Nazeer and Shafaz \u2013 in a case related to a twin bomb blast at the Kozhikode Mofussil bus stand and 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