Bail Prevails Over UAPA Bar in Long Incarceration Cases: SC

Syed Iftikhar Andrabi Vs National Investigation Agency (Supreme Court of India) Bail Is the Rule and Jail Is Exception – Constitutional Primacy of Article 21 over Statutory Embargoes The Supreme Court considered an appeal challenging denial of bail to an accused charged under various provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA), the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act), and Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (“IPC”) in a narco-terror case investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The appellant had been in c...