- विज्ञापन -
Delhi: Ahead of the budget session the jailed Member Parliament from North Kashmir’s Baramulla district Engineer Rasheed on Wednesday moved an application for interim bail in the Delhi High Court.
Engineer Rashid won the Lok Sabha election from the Baramulla constituency by defeating National Conference (NC) Vice President and incumbent Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah by over two lakh votes while he remained lodged in Tihar Jail.
He had sought the reprieve on the ground that he wishes to attend the upcoming Budget session of the Parliament that begins on January 31 and concludes on April 4.
He has alternatively pleaded that he be given custody parole if not interim bail to attend the Parliament session.
Engineer Rashid’s plea forms part of his pending petition on the issue of granting him bail in the case by the NIA.
In the main petition, he has urged the high court to either direct the expeditious disposal of his pending bail application by a lower court here or decide the matter itself.
Delhi High Court had asked the NIA to present its stand in the case and listed it for hearing on January 30. Now both pleas for the interim bail and custody parole are expected to be heard by the high court on Thursday.
On December 24 last year, additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh had requested the district judge to transfer the case to a court designated to try lawmakers as Rashid became an MP.
The additional sessions judge dismissed Rashid’s plea urging him to pronounce the verdict on his pending bail application in the NIA case.
