Overview

• A bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar dismissed Ahmed’s bail appeal on September 2, 2025, in the larger conspiracy case registered as FIR 59/2020.
• The court found trial delays were largely caused by repeated adjournments sought by the accused, noting Ahmed began pressing arguments on charge only in April 2025.
• Invoking Section 43D(5) of the UAPA and the Supreme Court’s Watali ruling, the judges reiterated that bail under the law is an exception when accusations appear prima facie true.
• Ahmed’s counsel argued over five years of custody and cited KA Najeeb to claim an Article 21 violation, but the court held prolonged detention cannot justify bail where delay is self‑inflicted.
• Prosecutors recorded adjournment requests by co‑accused including Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal, Asif Iqbal Tanha, Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, as a separate bench this week also rejected bail pleas of nine others in the same case.