UAPA case: Alan Shuhaib and Thaha Fasal granted bail under strict conditions

Kochi: Alan Shuhaib and Thaha Fasal, accused in the Pantheerankavu UAPA case have been granted bail under strict conditions. The NIA court in Kochi granted bail for the two after 10 months.

The conditions included a bond of Rs 1 lakh, bail by one of the parents, surrendering of passport and an assurance not to contact Maoist organisations.

Alan Shuhaib and Thaha Fasal have been under the custody of the National Investigation Agency for the last 10 months.

The petitioner’s advocate argued that the prosecution have not been able to collect evidence regarding the duo’s Maoist links and that they have been kept under custody despite completion of questioning.

Alan Shuhaib and Thaha Fasal were arrested over alleged links with Maoists on November 1. 2019. NIA took over the case one month later.