New Delhi
\nIn a major setback to Indian\u2019s notorious, National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Kerala High Court acquitted two accused \u2013 Thadiyantevida Nazeer and Shafaz \u2013 in a case related to a twin bomb blast at the Kozhikode Mofussil bus stand and at the KSRTC bus stand on March 3, 2006.
\nThe case was initially investigated by the local police and was taken over by the NIA in 2009. The Kerala High Court allowed the appeals of Thadiyantevida Nazeer and Shafaz, thereby acquitting them.
\nThe Division Bench of Justice Vinod K. Chandran and Justice C. Jayachandran also declined the appeal filed by the NIA challenging the trial court\u2019s order acquitting the accused in the case. Nazeer and Shafaz, the first and fourth accused in the case, had filed an appeal seeking to quash the life sentence imposed on them by the trial court.
\nThey also refuted the trial court\u2019s finding that they had committed offences under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The NIA had filed a charge sheet in 2010 under sections of the UAPA, IPC and Explosive Substances Act after taking over the investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi In a major setback to Indian\u2019s notorious, National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Kerala High Court acquitted two accused \u2013 Thadiyantevida Nazeer and Shafaz \u2013 in a case related to a twin bomb blast at the Kozhikode Mofussil bus stand and at the KSRTC bus stand on March 3, 2006. The case was initially […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-241347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n