Bail Granted to Alleged LeT Over Ground Worker, Disclosure Statement Alone Insufficient: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has granted bail to Burhan Ahmad Mattoo, who was accused of assisting the banned terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba as an alleged “Over Ground Worker.” The Court observed that the prosecution failed to produce any independent incriminating material against the accused apart from the disclosure statement of a co-accused recorded during police investigation. The judgment was delivered by a Division Bench comprising Chief…