# Delhi HC denies default bail to Red Fort blast accused Jasir Wani 2026-08-18T12:31:52+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to grant default bail to Jasir Bilal Wani, an accused in the 2025 Red Fort car bomb blast case. A bench of justices Prathiba M Singh and Vikas Mahajan dismissed Wani's appeal, holding that the reference to the CrPC in the UAPA must now be read as the BNSS under the General Clauses Act, so the 90-day default bail period does not apply. The court said Wani may pursue other remedies. The Times of India reports Wani is alleged to be the module's 'in-house engineer' who modified drones and attempted to make rockets. He was arrested by the NIA in November 2025. The blast near Red Fort on November 10, 2025, killed 15 people. The NIA's chargesheet, filed in May 2026, named suicide bomber Umar un Nabi. A detailed copy of the verdict is awaited. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both Hindustan Times and The Times of India report the same verdict in near-identical factual terms: the Delhi High Court denied default bail to Jasir Bilal Wani, relying on a legal interpretation that the BNSS substitutes for the CrPC under the General Clauses Act. Neither outlet adds editorial framing, the coverage is uniform straight agency-style reporting. A careful reader should note that the court explicitly preserved Wani's right to seek other remedies, and that the chargesheet has already been filed by the NIA. The key implication is that the procedural argument over default bail, a common defence tactic in UAPA cases, failed on technical grounds, but the substantive trial will now proceed. Watch for further bail hearings or appeals. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - hindustantimes.com (neutral report) Straight factual report of court ruling, no editorial slant - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Agency-based report, adds detail on NIA chargesheet from Bar and Bench This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-18T12:53:15+00:00. Tags: BNSS, Delhi High Court, Jasir Bilal Wani, National Investigation Agency, Red Fort blast, UAPA Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/delhi-hc-rejects-default-bail-for-red-fort-blast-accused-jasir-bilal-wani/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/delhi-hc-rejects-default-bail-for-red-fort-blast-accused-jasir-bilal-wani/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/