Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez granted bail in one case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez more than four years after he was arrested by the National Investigation Agency under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, Live Law reported.

However, he will remain in jail as he also faces charges under the anti-terror law in a separate case filed in 2020, according to The Indian Express. He was arrested in the case in 2023.

A division bench on Wednesday allowed Parvez’s challenge to a December 2024 order by a trial court that denied him bail.

In the present case, Parvez was arrested in November 2021 under sections of the anti-terror law pertaining to waging war against the state, criminal conspiracy and terror funding.

He was also charged under sections of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to waging, attempting to wage, abetting waging of war against the government, recruiting of a person for a terrorist act and criminal conspiracy.

Parvez is accused of supporting terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba’s activities through a network of overground workers, Bar and Bench reported.

The National Investigation Agency accused him of recruiting operatives, and gathering information about security forces and military installations.

In March 2023, the agency arrested him in a separate case pertaining to the raising of funds by non-governmental organisations for charity but diverting them for “secessionist and separatist activities”, The Indian Express reported.

He is associated with the Jammu...

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