BEFORE
HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. M. SUNDAR
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AHANTHEM BIMOL SINGH
(ORDER)
(Order of the Court was made by M. Sundar, CJ)
23.02.2026
[1] Captioned appeal is a statutory appeal under Section 21
of ‘the National Investigation Agency Act (34 of 2008)’ (‘NIA Act’ for the
sake of brevity)
[2] Mr. Ch. Ngongo, learned senior counsel instructed by Ms.
S. Gangarani, learned counsel on record for appellant, submits that the
captioned appeal is directed against ‘a bail rejection order dated
07.01.2026 made in Cril. Misc. (Bail) Case No. 462 of 2025’ on the file
of ‘Special Judge NIA Court-1, Manipur’. (This order shall be referred to
as ‘impugned order’ and ‘the court which made impugned order’ shall
be referred to as ‘said NIA Court’ both for the sake of convenience)
[3] Adverting to the impugned order, learned senior counsel
submits that the impugned order has proceeded on the basis of the
assertion of NIA that appellant has longstanding connection with cadre
of PLA/RPF when there is no iota of evidence in the case diary in this
regard.
