# NIA tells HC trial court granted Waze bail on ‘whims and fancies’ 2026-10-07T23:52:39+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets (3 source reports) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday, 7 October told the Bombay High Court that a special trial court's order granting bail to dismissed police officer Sachin Waze was based on ‘surmises at its whims and fancies’ and contradicted the agency's chargesheet. The NIA argued that planting 20 gelatin sticks in an SUV outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence Antilia in February 2021 was an act of terror under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, warranting stricter bail conditions. The agency said the trial judge erred by treating the offence as outside UAPA and by accepting the defence's claim that the gelatin sticks were ‘useless’ without a detonator. It also sought expunging of ‘personal remarks’ made by the judge on the investigation. The NIA additionally submitted that Waze killed his friend Mansukh Hiran, who was in possession of the vehicle, fearing Hiran would expose the conspiracy. The hearing will continue on Thursday, 8 October, with the high court extending its stay on the bail. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both ToI articles present the NIA's appeal against the trial court's bail order for Sachin Waze, closely paraphrasing the agency's legal submissions and its criticism of the special judge's ‘whims and fancies’ remark. The ET article, while reporting the same arguments, adds an explanatory lead that Waze planted the explosives-laden SUV to pose as a ‘super cop’, a framing absent from the ToI pieces. It also reproduces the trial court's criticism that the NIA has not recorded statements from the Ambani family, which the ToI stories mention but do not emphasise. The shared core is the NIA's contention that the bail order contradicts the terror charges under UAPA. The hearing resumes on 8 October. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Presents NIA's legal arguments in detail, neutral tone. - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2) (neutral report) Same legal detail, adds ASG's quotes, still neutral. - economictimes.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Adds motive framing of Waze as 'super cop', reproduces court criticism. This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Antilia bomb scare, Bombay High Court, Mukesh Ambani, National Investigation Agency, Sachin Waze, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/nia-tells-hc-trial-court-granted-waze-bail-on-whims-and-fancies/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/nia-tells-hc-trial-court-granted-waze-bail-on-whims-and-fancies/#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/