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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
Prathiba M.Singh, Amit Sharma
Moirangthem Anand Singh – Appellant
Versus
National Investigation Agency (NIA) – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Prathiba M. Singh, J.
1. This hearing has been held through hybrid mode.
2. This is an appeal filed by the Appellant - Moirangthem Anand Singh challenging the impugned order dated 24th August, 2024 by which his bail application has been dismissed by the Special NIA Court in RC-23/2023/NIA/DLI.
3. The present case is intricately linked to multiple FIRs arising from distinct yet interrelated incidents. In the interest of clarity, the Court considers it appropriate to provide a comprehensive summary of the background facts.
Brief Background
4. This appeal arises in the backdrop of the conflict in Manipur between the Meitei and Kuki communities. At the relevant time, there were reports of several government armouries being looted by mobs in 2023. In this regard, various FIRs were filed by the Manipur State Police. One such FIR is FIR No. 54(05)2023 filed by PS Heingang, in respect of an incident of looting from the Arms Kote of Manipur Police Training College, Pangei (hereinafter ‘MPTC’). The same was thereafter transferred to CBI and was re-registered as RC/6(S)/2023/C81/SC8/Kolkata on 9th June, 2023 (hereinafter ‘CBI FIR’).
5. Subsequently, another FIR, being RC-23/2023/NIA/DLI (
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