Srinagar, Nov. 10 -- ) A Special Court designated under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in north Kashmir has acquitted two men held for over six years on charges of aiding Lashkar-e-Taiba, ruling that "suspicion, however grave, cannot substitute proof."The court of Special Designated Judge under UAPA, Baramulla at Sopore, Feroz Ahmad Khan, acquitted Huzaif Firdous Bhat of Choora, Sopore, and Ajaz Ahmad Khan of Najibhat Kreeri in FIR No. 159/2020 registered at Police Station Baramulla under Sections 18, 23 and 39 of the UAPA and Sections 7/25 of the Arms Act.
The case pertained to the alleged recovery of two hand grenades and 100 rounds of AK-47 ammunition from beneath the driver's seat of a Maruti car intercepted during a s...