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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
MOUSHUMI BHATTACHARYA, SUREPALLI NANDA
Maaz Hassan Farooq Maaz – Appellant
Versus
State of Telangana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Moushumi Bhattacharya, J.
The Criminal Appeal arises out of an order dated 26.03.2024 passed by the learned IV Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge-cum- Special Court for NIA Cases, Nampally, Hyderabad in Crl.M.P.No.1895 of 2023.
2. By the impugned order, the Trial Court dismissed a petition filed by the appellant under section 227 of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (‘Cr.P.C.’) for discharging the appellant for the alleged offences under section 120B of The Indian Penal Code (‘IPC’); sections 18, 20, 38 and 39 of The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (‘the UAPA Act’) and sections 4, 5 and 6 of The Explosives Substances, 1908 (‘the 1908 Act’).
Facts leading to the Impugned Order
3. The appellant herein - the petitioner before the Trial Court - was named as the Accused No.3 in a Chargesheet dated 29.03.2023. The appellant was arrested on 02.10.2022 and remanded in judicial custody.
4. The impugned order outlines the allegations against the appellant. The appellant was accused of conspiring to wage war against India by acts including meeting the other accused persons at Al-Marjaan Restaurant, Hyderabad, where the appellant allegedly received hand- grenades from t
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