Advocate Mubin Solkar appearing for Majeed had argued that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had sought an extension of his remand on February 25, 2015, from a special court which was not notified to be a Special NIA court, thus his remand was illegal and he was liable for bail.
The Bombay High Court on Monday rejected an appeal filed by Kalyan resident Areeb Majeed who had travelled to Syria to join Islamic State (IS) last year. The appeal claims the probe agency illegally detained him and thus he was liable for being granted bail.
Advocate Mubin Solkar appearing for Majeed had argued that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had sought an extension of his remand on February 25, 2015, from a special court which was not notified to be a Special NIA court, thus his remand was illegal and he was liable for bail.
However, NIA counsel Aruna Pai Kamath argued that at that time the special NIA court was not available, thus the case papers were moved to a special MCOCA court which is handling bomb blast case, there was no illegality. Moreover, the applicant had not opposed the extension of remand then and it was a belated move.
Majeed was a student in a Panvel college before he decided to join the extremist outfit along with three other friends in May last year. On November 28, he was flown from Istanbul to India under supervision of NIA. It is alleged that four youths went on a holy pilgrimage for eight days and had then parted ways to actively participate in unlawful activities in Iraq and Syria.
Majeed is presently lodged at the Arthur Road prison and has been charged under Sections 16, 18 and 20 of UAPA for conspiring to commit a terrorist act and being a member of a banned foreign terror outfit.
He is also been booked under the stringent Section 125 of IPC for waging war against the nation. His three accomplices, Saheem Tanki, Fahad Sheikh and Aman Tandel are shown as wanted accused in the case.
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