Bombay High Court cancels Sachin Waze’s bail

The Bombay High Court cancelled Sachin Waze’s bail in the Antilia explosives case on November 5, allowing an appeal by the National Investigation Agency and overturning a special court order issued on September 29. Waze, a former Mumbai police officer, remains in custody after the High Court’s decision. A bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Neela Gokhale set aside the bail order. The special court had found that the NIA had not established a prima facie case of terrorism under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, or UAPA. The High Court’s ruling reversed that assessment at the bail stage; it does not establish Waze’s guilt. In its account of the decision, the High Court said the material met the UAPA’s Section 43D(5) threshold for denying bail when accusations appear true on a preliminary reading of the record. It also concluded that the allegations, if established, could fall within the law’s definition of a terrorist act. Waze’s lawyer argued that the alleged conduct did not amount to terrorism under Section 15, saying the case involved a threat directed at one family and gelatin sticks without a detonator. The NIA alleges that Waze arranged for an SUV carrying...