ORDER :

Shree Chandrashekhar, J.

This criminal appeal has been preferred by Ajay Kumar @ Ajay Singh under section 21 of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008, challenging the order dated 27th June 2020 passed in Misc. Cr. Application No. 330 of 2020.

2. The aforesaid Misc. Cr. Application was filed by the appellant seeking bail in connection to R.C. Case No. 06/2018/NIA/DLI registered on 16th February 2018 which was renumbered as Special (NIA) Case No. 03 of 2018.

3. The appellant was made accused in 2nd supplementary charge-sheet filed in Special (NIA) Case No. 03 of 2018 in which cognizance of the offence under section 384 read with section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, sections 17 and 18 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (in short, UAPA) and section 17 of the CLA Act has been taken.

4. This criminal appeal was filed on 05th September 2020 and taken up for hearing on 1st October 2020. On that day, hearing of this criminal appeal was postponed on request of the learned counsel for the NIA for filing counter-affidavit in the matter. A request seeking four weeks' further time for filing counter-affidavit was made again on 7th January 2021 and 23rd February 2021. It ap