The Madras High Court recently granted bail to eight men alleged to be members of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), in a case registered under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), for conspiring to commit terrorist acts across the country.
A Bench of Justices SS Sundar and Sunder Mohan noted that while the National Investigating Agency (NIA) charged the appellants of being involved in collecting funds for “committing terrorist acts,” there was nothing on record to link them directly to any terrorist activities.
The NIA had told the Court that several documents, including some “pictures with markings” of RSS leaders and other Hindu organisations, had been found in possession of the appellants, suggesting that these leaders were on a “hit list.”