Delhi Court Rejects Bail Plea Of Leader Of Banned Group Popular Front
NDTV
Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta allowed the 70-year-old petitioner to withdraw his bail plea, observing his court does not have the requisite "power" to take a decision on it.
The Delhi High Court today refused to entertain the bail plea of former chairman of the Popular Front of India (PFI) E Abubacker, arrested by the NIA during a massive crackdown on the recently banned organisation, seeking release on medical grounds.
Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta allowed the 70-year-old petitioner to withdraw his bail plea, observing his court does not have the requisite "power" to take a decision on it.
Special public prosecutor Akshai Malik, who represented the National Investigation Agency, contended the bail plea was not maintainable as the law mandates the petitioner to move the high court in appeal under the NIA Act after an order has been passed by a trial court, which is then heard by a division bench of the high court.
"The NIA (law) is a special Act. We don't have the powers (to pass orders on the bail plea)," the judge told the petitioner who withdrew his application.
