Delhi High Court grants bail to Kashmir human-rights activist Khuram Parvez in UAPA case

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) granted bail to Kashmiri human rights activist Khuram Parvez in a case under the anti-terror law.

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A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja took note of Mr. Parvez's over-four-year incarceration in the case and the unlikelihood of the trial concluding soon to hold that his rights under Article 21 of the Constitution trumped the restriction on bail under section 43D(5) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

The bench further observed that, having lost his leg in a landmine blast in 2004, the accused is infirm and deserves "special consideration".

The court set aside a trial court's December 2024 order rejecting Mr. Parvez's bail plea and ordered, "We direct that the appellant be released on bail in RC No. 30/2021/NIA/DLI, P.S. NIA, in NIA/4/2022 on conditions." The court asked Mr. Parvez to surrender his passport, not to leave Delhi without the trial court’s permission, and to regularly report to the investigating officer.

It also directed him not to make any public statement on the case or participate in activities prejudicial to public order or the trial's integrity, or "upload/share/disseminate or circulate any anti-national material".

Mr. Parvez, the programme coordinator of the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society and the chairperson of the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on November 22, 2021.

The NIA had alleged that under the guise of human-rights activism, Mr. Parvez conspired with a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative to run a network of overground workers (OGWs) for furthering the activities of the Pakistan-based terrorist organisation and committing terror acts in India.

It had been alleged that Mr. Parvez was actively involved in collecting informa