New Delhi, Sep 24 (UNI) The Supreme Court today directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to submit detailed information on the custody of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in connection with 24 criminal cases, including terror funding charges.

A Bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta, and Justice N.V. Anjaria passed the order while hearing Shah’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s June 12 decision denying him bail in a terror funding case.

The Court noted that the NIA’s counter-affidavit must include the custody status of Shah in other pending cases.

“Please provide us with the status of custody in other cases also. He is facing trial in probably 24 cases,” the Bench observed, granting the agency four weeks to file its affidavit. The matter

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