Chandigarh, Sept. 16 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday granted bail to an accused booked under an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case, observing that despite being in custody for more than 5.6 years, only one out of 40 prosecution witnesses has been examined so far.

The bench of justice Deepak Sibal and justice Lapita Banerji made it clear that the case was marred by prolonged delay.

The bench observed that no effort has been made to interrogate the main accused serving a sentence in another case in Tihar Jail, Delhi. The main co-accused in the present FIR, registered in February 2020, was yet to be arrested, despite the challan having been filed on March 1, 2021, the court said.

"No reasonable explanation has...