New Delhi: A city court is likely to pronounce its verdict on a regular bail plea of Baramulla Member of Parliament (MP) Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, in a terror funding case on November 19.
Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh, who was scheduled to pass the order on Rashid’s regular bail plea on Monday, adjourned the matter.
Rashid, who is the chief of the Awami Ittihaad Party, was earlier granted interim bail in the case by the court to enable him to campaign in the recently-concluded Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. His interim bail was extended later and he has been directed by the court to surrender before the authorities concerned by today (October 28).
Court earlier extended Rashid’s interim bail twice
The court had granted Rashid interim bail on September 10 till October 2 with certain conditions imposed on him, including the condition not to talk to the media about the case. Following his released from Delhi’s Tihar Jail, he extensively campaigned for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections.
This was the last time that my client was seeking an extension, Rashid’s counsel earlier told court
Rashid’s interim bail was later extended be the court till October 12 and then till October 28 on applications moved by him seeking extension of his interim bail on the ground of health condition of his father. The counsel representing Rashid had submitted to the court that no violation of any of the conditions imposed by the court was alleged by the NIA and had said that this was the last time that his client was seeking an extension. After the National Investigation Agency (NIA) did not oppose his application for extension after verifying the documents, the court had extended his interim bail till October 28. The court had also deferred its order on regular bail plea till October 28.
Rashid won Baramulla Lok Sabha seat while being lodged in Tihar Jail
Rashid, who won the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat while being lodged in Tihar Jail, was lodged in judicial custody there in an alleged 2017 Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) since 2019 after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) charged him under the provisions of UAPA in the alleged terror funding case.
