JUDGMENT :

Vipul M. Pancholi, J.

All the five appeals, i.e., Criminal Appeal (DB) No.914 of 2023 (Manzer Parwez @ Manzar Perwez Vs. The Union of India through the National Investigation Agency Bihar), Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 810 of 2023 (Abdur Rahman @ Abdul Rahman Vs. The Union of India through the National Investigation Agency Bihar), Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 811 of 2023 (Mahboob Alam @ Mahboob Nadwi Vs. The National Investigation Agency Bihar), Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 890 of 2023 (Shamim Akhtar S/O Md. Wasimuddin Vs. The Union of India through the National Investigation Agency India) and Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 917 of 2023 (Md. Khaliquzzaman @ Khaliquzzaman @ Khalikur Aman And Md. Amin @ Md. Amin Alam Vs. The Union of India through the National Investigation Agency New Delhi), which have been filed under Section 21(4) of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 (for short ‘NIA Act’) have been heard together on the issue of grant of anticipatory bail and they are being disposed of by this common order.

Factual Matrix

2. The brief facts leading to filing of the present appeals are as under:-

2.1. The Bihar Police had received an information about the plan of accused persons to ca