Delhi court grants default bail to six Ukrainian nationals in NIA terror case

A special court in New Delhi on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) granted default bail to six Ukrainian nationals arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in March in connection with an alleged cross-border conspiracy involving ethnic armed groups in Myanmar.

Special Judge Prashant Sharma of the Rouse Avenue court granted bail to Hurba Petro, Slyviak Taras, Ivan Sukmanovskyi, Stefankiv Marian, Honcharuk Maksim, and Kaminskyi Viktor on personal cash bonds of ₹1 lakh each.

The court also discharged the accused under Sections 21 (penalty for unauthorised entry) and 23 (penalty for visa overstay and general contraventions) of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025, noting the compounding of offences by the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO).

The FRRO had compounded the offences by imposing a fine of ₹5.5 lakh on each.

The court will hear American national Matthew Aaron VanDyke’s application seeking permission to travel to U.S. on Friday (September 25, 2026).