SUPREME COURT ISSUED NOTICE ON UNION’S PLEA AGAINST GRANT OF BAIL IN UAPA CASE TO PERSON ALLEGED T0 BE FOREIGN CITIZEN

The Supreme Court in the case Union of India Versus Mohamed Rifas @ Mohamed Rigbas observed and has issued the notice in the petition moved by Union's wherein seeking cancellation of bail granted to the non-citizen alleged to have committed an offence under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

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The present case relates to the grant of bail to the accused, the Srilanka Citizen as claimed by the Union by the Madras High Court, wherein the court noted that the Union has no material except the intelligence report to prove that the accused is a Sri Lankan national and the High Courts had discretion to grant bail even to a person who is not an Indian Citizen as stated under Section 43D (7) of UAPA.