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A bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and U U Lalit rejected the petition filed through advocate Farukh Rasheed. It, however, directed that the trial against Biswas be completed within six months.
Biswas, who hails from West Bengal, worked with a multi-national company in Bengaluru. He is accused of running @ShamiWitness, an IS propaganda handle on Twitter.
His counsel submitted that the case, initially registered by the Bengaluru police, had been transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The NIA special court has framed charges against Biswas under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and other penal provisions, including sedition. The counsel submitted that the trial in the matter had been delayed with just one witness being examined so far, and asked for releasing the accused on bail.