Shah, in this case, has been accused of raising funds through the illegal channels of hawala and cross-border trade across the LoC in order to fund the raising of a separatist movement in the Valley.
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Notorious Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah was Thursday granted bail by the Supreme Court (SC) in a terror funding case wherein he was charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act owing to an inexplicable delay in the trial.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order.
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Shah, in this case, has been accused of raising funds through the illegal channels of hawala and cross-border trade across the LoC in order to fund the raising of a separatist movement in the Valley.
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He is also accused of funding the families of slain terrorists. Shah was arrested in June 2019.
Earlier, his bail pleas had been rejected consecutively by the special NIA court and thereafter by the high court, wherein he had challenged the former in July of 2023.
His argument has been that he was not named as an accused in the main and the first supplementary chargesheet, wherein a conspiracy had been alleged.
Shah, a prominent figure in the Kashmiri separatist movement, has spent decades in and out of jail. His last stint was seven years long.
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