MUMBAI, Nov. 5 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to a 65-year-old man who was allegedly a part of the organised syndicate that executed the triple blasts in the city on July 13, 2011, which killed more than 20 people. The accused, Kafeel Ahmed Ayub, was granted bail considering his prolonged incarceration of more than 10 years and little scope of completion of the trial in the foreseeable future. The division bench of justices AS Gadkari and RR Bhonsale, while granting bail to Ayub, referred to a landmark 2021 judgement (Union of India vs. KA Najeeb) by the Supreme Court, which said that bail could not be indefinitely denied even to those booked under stringent laws like the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Ayub and the other accused in the 2011 triple blasts are being tried under the UAPA, the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), and various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Explosives Act relating to murder, attempt to murder, criminal conspiracy, and other offences. The triple blasts - at Zaveri Bazar, Opera House and Dadar - occurred on July 13, 2011, during the evening rush hour. The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Mumbai police took over the probe on July 18, 2011, after the registration of three first information reports (FIRs). The agency arrested Ayub, a Bihar resident, on May 19, 2012, and obtained his custody from the Delhi police special cell based on a transfer warrant. The Delhi police special cell had arrested Ayub on February 22, 2012. Ayub approached the high court for bail in May 2022, after his bail plea was rejected by a special MCOCA trial court. According to the prosecution, Ayub and the other co-accused indoctrinated the youth to carry out 'jihad'. Ayub closely accompanied the alleged mastermind of the case, Yasin, and was an active member of the organised syndicate that executed the blasts....