New Delhi: A city court on Tuesday (November 19) is likely to pronounce its order on the regular bail plea of Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, Member of Parliament (MP) from Baramulla, tomorrow.
Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh was scheduled to pass order on Rashid’s bail plea on Tuesday, however, the judge deferred the matter till tomorrow.
The court is also scheduled to decide tomorrow whether the case against the Baramulla MP be transferred to the designated MP/MLA court.
Case could go to a special court meant to try lawmakers, court earlier noted
The judge had earlier noted that the case involving Rashid, who is currently lodged in judicial custody in Tihar Jail in an alleged terror funding case, could go to a special court meant to try lawmakers, as he is an MP now. The judge, while reserving the order on Rashid’s bail plea, had said that he would first consider the issue of jurisdiction and whether or not to transfer the case involving Rashid to a special court.
Rashid won from Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency
Rashid contested the parliamentary elections from the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat from Tihar Jail and defeated his nearest rival and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
Court earlier granted Rashid interim bail
The court had earlier granted interim bail to Rashid, who is the chief of the Awami Ittihaad Party, from September 10 to October 2 in the alleged terror funding case to enable him to campaign in the recently-held Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections.
Rashid surrendered before Tihar Jail authorities on October 28
The court had later extended Rashid’s interim bail on the ground of health condition of his father and had directed him to surrender before the authorities before the Tihar Jail by October 28. He surrendered before the Jail authorities on October 28.
Rashid has been lodged in judicial custody in Tihar Jail in the alleged terror funding case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) since 2019 after he was charged by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the provisions of UAPA in the said case.
