Supreme Court judge overrules NIA's decision in fake currency case – News India Live

The Supreme Court on Wednesday, while hearing the fake currency case, disbanded the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The court asked the NIA why the trial could not start even after four years. The bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Ujjwal Bhuiyan asked the NIA in sharp words, “Do you think this is a joke?”

The court said in irritation that because of you the accused had to remain in jail for four years without any hearing. The court also asked the NIA, “Don't you know that any accused, irrespective of the severity of the crime, has the right to a speedy trial under Article of the Constitution?” Yet you kept the accused in jail for four years without trial. In this case, this right of the accused has been violated. The bench made a strict remark and said, you are the NIA. Please do not make a mockery of justice. Four years have passed but the hearing of the case has not yet started. This should not have happened. Any accused has the right to a speedy trial for any crime committed by him. With this remark, the Supreme Court granted bail to the accused. The Bombay High Court had refused to grant bail to the accused in the fake note case in February this year.

What was the allegation in which case?

In 2020, the Mumbai police arrested the accused based on documents that allegedly led to the seizure of fake currency from Pakistan. The NIA later took over the investigation of the case and revealed that the accused had gone to Dubai in 2020 and brought the fake notes from there.

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