JUDGMENT :

G.S. Sandhawalia, J.

1. The present appeal filed under Section 21 (4) of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 (for short 2008 Act') is directed against the order dated 04.02.2021 passed by the Special Judge, NIA, SAS Nagar, Mohali, whereby the bail application of the appellant was dismissed in FIR No. RC- 20/2019/NIA/DLI dated 23.09.2019 {arising out of FIR No.280 dated 05.09.2019 under Section 304 IPC and Sections 4 & 5 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908 (for short 1908 Act') lodged at Police Station Sadar, Tarn Taran}.

2. The reason as such for the Special Judge to dismiss the bail application, though the name of the applicant was not found in the FIR, but during the course of investigation, as per the case of the prosecution it has come on record that the appellant Amarjeet Singh @ Amar Singh was associated with the pro-Khalistan terrorist gang to support Khalistan movement. On account of his close association with co-accused persons, he had advocated/abetted/advised/incited the commission of terrorist offences and was also associated with the co-accused persons in testing bombs. The prosecution had collected incriminating material during the screening of the d