PATNA, India, Feb. 24 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Feb. 19:

Heard Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, learned counsel assisted by Ms. Akriti Priya and Mr. Niranjan Kumar, learned counsel on behalf of the appellant and Mr. Arvind Kumar, learned Special PP for the National Investigating Agency ( in short 'NIA').

2. By filing this appeal, the sole appellant has assailed the judgment dated 25.10.2024 passed by learned Special Judge, NIA at Patna (hereinafter referred to as learned trial court) in Special Case No. 02 of 2021 in connection with R.C. Case No. 05 of 2019. Learned trial court has been pleased to reject the prayer for regular bail of the appellant under Section 43(D) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (in...