Antilia case: Bombay HC sets aside Waze's bail, holds that terror threat against citizen cannot be tolerated

Mumbai The Bombay High Court on Thursday (November 5, 2026) cancelled the bail that a trial court had granted to Sachin Waze in the Antilia explosives case. It held that the material placed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) meets the threshold of Section 43D(5) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), which bars bail when the accusations appear true on a reading of the record. The Bench also found that the lower court ignored the principles that govern bail. Antilia bomb scare case: Why Sachin Vaze’s bail lasted a day | Explained Antilia bomb scare case: Why Sachin Vaze’s bail lasted a day | Explained Who is Sachin Vaze?

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What happens next? Antilia bomb scare case: Why Sachin Vaze’s bail lasted a day | Explained storyline 1 A Bench of Justice Girish Kulkarni and Justice Neela Gokhale delivered the ruling in a judgment. It said that an industrialist or any other citizen should not face even a remote threat of terror, and that bail for Mr.