Muhammed Shafi P vs National Investigation Agency on 18 February, 2021
11. Refuting these contentions, learned ASG and public prosecutor
for NIA argued that there is no defect in the institution of appeals and they are
laid properly in accordance with the provisions of the National Investigation
Agency Act, 2008 ("NIA Act" in short) and the Cr.P.C. Contextually, we may
refer to a Full Bench decision by this Court in Mastiguda Aboobacker and
another v. National Investigation Agency (N.I.A.) and others (2020 (6)
KHC 265), wherein it has been held that generally the provisions of Cr.P.C.
are applicable to the proceedings in cases relating to NIA Act and wherever a
different course is prescribed by the NIA Act, the procedure in the Cr.P.C. will
stand modified to that extent.