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The petitioner was arrested on Sept 22, 2022, for allegedly radicalising youth and being involved in violent activities<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NEW DELHI: A week after criticising long delay in trial of a Popular Front of India<\/a> (PFI) activist facing UAPA charges by asserting that \u201clifespan of a criminal trial cannot be that of a turtle\u201d, Supreme Court on Wednesday again slammed the Karnataka govt for submitting a prosecution plan \u201cas absurd as a fairytale\u201d.Mindful of the trend of UAPA trials lingering indefinitely, a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said no special court, set up to conduct trial of UAPA cases, should be saddled with more than 12-15 cases. The directive came as the bench found that the prosecution was yet to start producing its witnesses despite having cited 700 of them. The accused, a functionary of the outlawed hardline Islamist group PFI, has been in jail for four years. The SC on Aug 5 asked the state govt to submit a prosecution plan specifying how many protected witnesses were to be examined and within what timeframe.Karnataka\u2019s counsel Rooh-e-Hina Dua said the state intended to examine three protected witnesses and 50 other witnesses against the petitioner Shahid Khan and said it could take a year for the prosecution to complete its evidence and examination of witnesses.The bench said, \u201cIt shows the lackadaisical approach of the state. The prosecution does not give a clear picture of the trial process when the accused is languishing in jail for nearly four years without a trial.\u201dFor the petitioner, who was arrested on Sept 22, 2022, for allegedly radicalising youth and being involved in violent activities, senior advocate Aditya Sondhi said the HC rejected his bail plea without considering the right to liberty and right to expeditious trial.<\/p>\n

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