JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 21 of National Investigation Agency Act to set aside the order dated 10.2.2022 passed by the Special Court under the National Investigation Agency Act (Sessions Court for Exclusive Trial of Bomb Blast Cases), Poonamallee, Chennai 600 056 in Crl.M.P.No.499 of 2021 in C.C.No.1 of 2018.)

S. Vaidyanathan, J. & A.D. Jagadish Chandira, J.

The Appeal has been filed seeking to set aside the order dated 10.2.2022 passed by the Special Court under the National Investigation Agency Act (Sessions Court for Exclusive Trial of Bomb Blast Cases), Poonamallee, Chennai 600 056 in Crl.M.P.No.499 of 2021 in C.C.No.1 of 2018.

2. Brief facts of the case as elicited from the materials available on record are as under:-

i) On the basis of a Special Report of the Inspector of Police, -Q- Branch CID, Chennai City regarding commission of offences related to a threat emanating from a live conspiracy to smuggle explosives and terrorists into India from Sri Lanka and execute bomb attacks at the US Consulate in Chennai, Israel Consulate in Bangalore,