The Delhi High Court on Thursday deferred the petition-related terror funding case and ask NIA to file a response on or before March 23rd. The petition was filed by the advocate of one of accused of the 26/11 Mumbai attack- Nayeem Ahmad Khan.
In this case, a Pakistani citizen and global terrorist Hafiz Saeed was also involved.
A bench of Justice Talwant Singh & Justice Siddharth Mridul issued a notice
to NIA asking to file the reply to the petition challenging the the trial court order,
denying bail to the accused. Delhi High Court further listed a hearing on the matter on March 23rd.
It is to be known, that On July 24, 2017, Nayeem Ahmad Khan was arrested by NIA and is currently in judicial custody. The trial court stated that the accused was prima facie involved in the activities of terror funding and led a pro-ISIS rally.
