Kashmiri Rights Activist Khurram Parvez Granted Bail in One Case, Remains Imprisoned in Second

The Delhi High Court, in a bench comprising Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja, granted bail to Khurram Parvez, 49, on June 10, 2026, in a case registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in November 2021 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The court cited Parvez's nearly four-and-a-half years of incarceration, the unlikelihood of the trial concluding soon — with the prosecution intending to call 197 witnesses — and his physical infirmity, having lost a leg in a landmine blast in 2004, as grounds for granting bail. The NIA had alleged that Parvez conspired with a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative to run a network of overground workers, collected intelligence on Indian Army movements, and recruited individuals for terrorist activities, charges Parvez's lawyers have contested as lacking conclusive evidence. The court noted that the allegations rested substantially on the statement of a co-accused-turned-approver and had yet to be tested at trial, and set strict bail conditions including surrendering his passport, remaining in Delhi, and refraining from making public statements on the case. Parvez remains in custody due to a separate 2023 NIA case also related to alleged terror funding, and his lawyer expressed hope he could be released within one to two months if that case also yields a positive result. International rights organisations have long condemned his detention, pointing to the UAPA's national conviction rate of just 5 percent — and under 1 percent in Indian-administered Kashmir — as evidence that prolonged pre-trial detention itself functions as punishment.