The Delhi High Court will announce its verdict today on the plea filed by jailed MP Rashid Engineer seeking custody parole to attend the ongoing Parliament session in New Delhi.
Justice Vikas Mahajan will deliver the verdict shortly after the lunch break on a plea by the Baramulla MP, who is facing trial in a terror funding case.
The judge, while hearing both sides, reserved the order on Friday.
Rashid had moved the high court earlier, alleging that he had been left without any remedy after the NIA court dealing with his bail application left him stranded after his election to the Lok Sabha last year on account of it not being a special MP/ MLA court.
For the past few weeks, he has been seeking interim relief to attend the ongoing parliament session.
Also read: Delhi HC reserves verdict on engineer Rashid’s bail plea
The counsel appearing for the NIA opposed the grant of interim bail in favour of engineer Rashid, saying he has no vested right to attend the parliament and he had not shown any “specific purpose” while seeking the relief.
The NIA also said there were security concerns associated with this case as well.
Rashid has been lodged in Tihar jail here since 2019 after the NIA arrested him under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the 2017 terror-funding case.
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