Kafil Ahmad @ Kafil v. The Union Of India (N.I.A)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.1418 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-13 Year-2021 Thana- NIA District- Patna ====================================================== Kafil Ahmad @ Kafil, male, aged about 34 years, S/o Shakeel Ahmad, R/o Vill.- Allkurd, Kairana, P.S- Kairana, District-Shamli, Uttar Pradesh ... ... Appellant

Versus

The Union of India (N.I.A) New Delhi ... ... Respondent ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellant :

Mr. Shahbaj Alam, Advocate Mr. Wasif Rahman Khan, Advocate For the UOI :

Dr. Krishna Nandan Singh, Sr. Advocate (ASGI) Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh, Spl. P.P. (NIA) Mr. Ankit Kumar Singh, J.C.

For the State :

Mr. Dilip Kumar Sinha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI) 14-07-2025 Heard Mr. Shahbaj Alam, learned counsel for the appellant, Dr. Krishna Nandan Singh, learned senior counsel (ASGI) for the Union of India and Mr. Dilip Kumar Sinha, learned APP for the State.

2. Learned counsel for the appellant seeks permission to withdraw this appeal at this stage.

3. Permission, as prayed for, is granted.

4. Accordingly, the present criminal appeal stands disposed of as withdrawn.

5. However, as the appellant is in custody since

Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.1418 of 2024(10) dt.14-07-2025 2/2 02.07.2021, liberty is reserved to the appellant to file fresh application before the concerned Special Court/Trial Court with similar prayer for bail, if the trial is not over within a period of six months.

(Vipul M. Pancholi, J) ( Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) Gaurav Kumar/- U