Mohali, Feb. 6 -- A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mohali has rejected the bail application of Dipender Partap, alias Dipen Rana, an accused in the grenade attack on the residence of a YouTuber in Jalandhar.

The court held that the investigating agency had validly obtained an extension of time to complete the probe after giving the accused an opportunity to be heard. It ruled that Dipender Partap was not entitled to statutory or default bail under Section 187(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which corresponds to Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).

The case pertains to a grenade attack at the residence of Navdeep Singh, alias Roger Sandhu, in Jalandhar on the intervening nigh...