Delhi High Court grants bail to Kashmiri human rights activist Khuram Parvez in UAPA case

Kashmiri human rights activist Khuram Parvez. Photo credit:

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) granted bail to Kashmiri human rights activist Khuram Parvez in a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja took note of Parvez’s more than four years of imprisonment in the case and the improbability of the trial ending soon to rule that his rights under Article 21 of the Constitution outweighed the restriction on bail under Section 43D(5) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

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The bench further observed that after losing his leg in a landmine blast in 2004, the accused is infirm and deserves “special attention”.

The court asked Mr. Parvez to surrender his passport, not leave Delhi without the trial court’s permission and report regularly to the investigating officer.

Mr. Parvez, Program Coordinator of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Society Coalition and President of the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on 22 November 2021.

The NIA alleged that under the guise of human rights activism, Mr. Parvez conspired with a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative to run a network of Over-Ground Workers (OGW) to support the activities of the Pakistani terrorist organization and commit terrorist acts in India.

It alleged that Mr. Parvez was actively involved in gathering information regarding the movement of army vehicles near the Line of Control (LoC), road conditions and details of army camps, structures of army, paramilitary and police forces etc.

The NIA’s legal counsel stressed that Mr. Parvez was a high-risk absconder and had sparked protests after meeting Burhan Wani, adding that his past record included five other cases involving similar separatist and terrorist activities.

The court said that the charges against the accused, though serious, were based on the statement of a co-accused-turned-enforcer who claimed to be an NIA informer and was yet to be tested in court.

Published – 10 Jun 2026 18:42 IST