New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez in a terror-funding case investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
A division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja allowed Parvez’s appeal against a trial court order of December 17, 2024, which had rejected his bail plea. The court said bail was being granted subject to certain conditions, while a detailed order is awaited.
Parvez was arrested in Srinagar on November 22, 2021, and has remained in custody for more than three years. The NIA alleged that a network linked to the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) recruited overground workers, collected intelligence on security installations and facilitated terror funding. Although Parvez was not named in the original FIR, he was arrested during the course of the investigation.
According to the charge sheet, the agency accused him of recruiting overground workers for LeT, gathering information on Army movements and structures, maintaining links with Pakistan-based terror groups, and instigating protests following the killing of Burhan Wani in 2016.
Parvez challenged the allegations, arguing that the prosecution had failed to produce evidence connecting him to the alleged conspiracy. His counsel contended that there was no digital evidence showing contact with any banned organisation, no proof that he shared sensitive military information with terrorist operatives, and no material linking him to any terror-funding network.
