New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of Moirangthem Anand Singh on bail, setting aside the earlier refusal by the Delhi High Court.

Singh, arrested by the NIA in connection with a UAPA case linked to an alleged transnational conspiracy involving Myanmar-based terror outfits, had been in custody for over two years and six months.

Advocates David Ahongsangbam, Rahul Kumar and Gunedhor Singh appeared for the accused before the Supreme Court. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta observed that the long period of incarceration, the fact that the trial had not yet commenced, and the grant of bail to the co-accused justified extending bail to Singh.

The Court directed that he be released...