SC Cites 'Bleak Chance' Of Trial's Early Disposal, Long Incarceration To Grant Bail To Separatist Shabir Shah
Published on: March 17, 2026, 3:18 p.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
New Delhi, Mar 17: Underlining that if the trial was unlikely to conclude within a reasonable time, continued detention could result in curtailment of personal liberty, the Supreme Court has granted bail to Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in jail in a terror funding case. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, which observed that there were bleak chances of the trial’s early disposal and the 74-year-old had been in custody for a prolonged period, however, imposed […]
