Jammu, Aug. 22 -- The high court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh dismissed the bail plea of Syed Iftikhar Andrabi, 53, of Handwara in Kupwara district in a high-profile narco-terrorism case being investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

A division bench comprising justice Sanjeev Kumar and Sanjay Parihar upheld the order of the Special NIA Court, Jammu, which had earlier rejected Andrabi's bail application in connection with the case registered under the NDPS Act, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and IPC.

The appellant was represented by advocate Warisha Farasat and her team.

She contended that Andrabi, a political activist, had been falsely implicated after his release from preventive detention in 2019 and has alread...