COMMON JUDGMENT

RMT.TEEKAA RAMAN, J.

Crl.A.No.715 of 2022 is filed by G.Dharmendran (A6), against the order passed by the Special Court for NIA Cases, rejecting his bail petition in Crl.M.P.No.231 of 2022, while Crl.A.No.716 of 2022 is filed by E.Mohan (A7) against the order of rejecting his bail petition in Crl.M.P.No.232 of 2022 dated 18.05.2022. Since the contentions raised in both the cases are common, they are taken up together, common arguments were heard and disposed of by this common judgment.

2. The facts distilled from the final report in Spl.S.C.No.01 of 2022 on the file of the Special Judge, Special Court for Trial of NIA Cases at Poonamallee, Chennai are as under:-

(a) The deceased Hamida A Lalljee (for short “Hamida”)

was having a Savings Bank Account in Indian Overseas Bank, Mumbai Fort Branch, in which, around Rs.40,00,00,000/- [Rupees Forty Crores only] was available. It appears that the said SB Account was not frequently operated. This came to the notice of the The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (for short “LTTE”), a proscribed Terrorist Organization under the Unlawful Assembly (Prevention) Act, 1967 (for short “UAP Act”) and that they decided to stealthily siphon of