New Delhi, Mar 28 : A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah in a money laundering case lodged in connection with alleged terror funding.
Special Judge Prashant Sharma allowed the bail plea of Shah, who was produced before the court. The detailed order is awaited.
The development comes days after the Supreme Court on March 12 granted bail to the separatist leader in a separate terror funding case registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in which he was arrested on June 4, 2019.
Shah had approached the trial court after the Delhi High Court on June 12, 2025, dismissed his bail plea, observing that the possibility of his indulging in similar unlawful activities and influencing witnesses could not be ruled out.
Last year on September 4, the Supreme Court had refused to grant him interim bail in the case while issuing notice to the NIA on his plea challenging the high court’s order.
According to the NIA, Shah played a “substantial role” in fuelling separatist activities in Jammu and Kashmir, including inciting public protests, eulogising slain terrorists, and arranging funds through hawala transactions and cross-LoC trade to finance subversive activities.
The agency had booked 12 persons in 2017 for allegedly conspiring to raise funds to disrupt peace and wage war against the government. (KNS)
