SC bail claim needs the order
Delhi terror case appellants were listed in Supreme Court; a report now says they got bail after nearly 12 years in custody. Until the order shows up, that’s a claim, not a fact.
The reported bail claim awaits the Supreme Court’s order.
What is on the record is this: the Delhi High Court on April 24, 2026 refused bail to Mohd. Saquib Ansari and Mohd. Waqar Azhar in FIR 54/2011 (Special Cell, Delhi Police) under UAPA and other laws, noting they had spent almost 12 years in custody and treating the allegations as grave. According to the High Court’s own judgment, both were arrested on March 23, 2014.
What also checks out: their challenges reached the Supreme Court. The Court’s official cause list shows SLP(Crl) 11369/2026 (Ansari) and 11414/2026 (Azhar) were listed on June 17, 2026 before Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi; legal round-ups report notice was issued to Delhi Police and the matter was posted for further hearing.
What is not yet in the Court’s public record we could access: the final order. A report attributed to a wire copy says a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta granted bail on July 27, calling the continued incarceration “grossly violative” of Article 21 and noting no near-term prospect of trial conclusion. Until the Supreme Court’s order or case status reflects that, treat it as an unverified claim, not settled law.
Two clarifications that matter and get blurred in TV scrolls: the Delhi case is still a trial, not an acquittal, and the Indian Mujahideen link is an allegation in this proceeding. The Delhi High Court also referenced a separate Rajasthan conviction later suspended by the Rajasthan High Court; do not collapse the cases into one catch-all.
If and when the Supreme Court’s order is located, the date, bench, case numbers and bail conditions will do the talking. Until then, anyone thumping their chest about “SC frees terror accused” is trading on a missing PDF.