HC cancels bail granted to Asiya Andrabi, 4 others

SRINAGAR: The J&K high court cancelled the bail granted to banned Dukhtaraan-e-milat’s chief Aasiya Andrabi and four others in a terror-related case, saying the trial court had exercised the discretion to grant bail in an “erroneous manner”. On Saturday, the division bench comprising acting chief justice Alok Aradhe and justice MK Hanjura quashed the order of Anantnag additional sessions court, granting bail to Andrabi and four others last month. They had been arrested by Anantnag Police in April this year for allegedly planning to organise a large-scale demonstration and stone-pelting in South Kashmir. The police did not release Andrabi despite being granted bail and arrested her in a different case.