New Delhi, March 12 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah in an alleged terror funding case registered under the Prevention of Unlawful Activities Act (UAPA).

In 2019, Shah was arrested in a case registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against him and other separatist leaders in 2017. The separatist leader has not been released from judicial custody ever since.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta granted him liberty after hearing detailed submissions from Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves appearing for Shah on one hand and Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra representing the NIA, on the other.

Shah, who led the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKD...