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Sana'a: The State Security Court on Sunday held Jaber Al Banna for about 20 minutes before allowing him to walk out of the court on bail.
Al Banna is on the list of most wanted terrorists by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. He surrendered last month.
The chairman of the court, Judge Mohammad Al Hakimi, ordered prosecutor Saeed Al Akel to place Al Banna in custody like the other 35 men being tried over terror charges.
"Unjust court, unjust verdicts," shouted Al Banna, who attended the appeal court session for the second time and walked out escorted by relatives. The session was open to the public and journalists.
The prosecutor took him to his office where they talked for about 20 minutes, the officers at the prosecutor's office told the waiting reporters.
Al Banna refused to talk to any of the journalists.
In November 2007, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison in absentia by the primary court in a case which involved 35 other men who were accused of being involved in attempting to bomb oil and gas installations in Mareb and Hadhramaut in September, 2006.
As many as 23 of them appeared behind bars in the courtroom, seven of them are still at large, and six attended the appeal sessions and went on bail.
The appearance of Al Banna in the first session of the appeal court on February 23 and his walking out freely had angered the United States, which has accused the American-Yemeni man of supporting Al Qaida.
Most-wanted
Al Banna has been one of FBI's most-wanted terror suspects ever since he along with 22 Al Qaida suspects escaped from a high-security prison in Sana'a in 2006.
The US authorities at the time offered a reward of $5 million (about Dh16 million) for information leading to his arrest.
The 41-year-old Al Banna surrendered to the Yemeni authorities in February.
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