Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid seeks custody parole in Delhi HC
The Hindu
Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid seeks custody parole to attend Parliament session amid UAPA charges, Delhi High Court hearing on March 12.
Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid, facing charges under the anti-terror law UAPA, on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court for custody parole to attend the ongoing Parliament session.
The court would on March 12 hear Mr. Rashid’s appeal against the trial court order, which refused him the relief on March 10. Custody parole entails a prisoner being escorted by armed police personnel to the place of visit.
Mr. Rashid, who defeated Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, is facing trial in a terror funding case with the allegations that he funded separatists and terror groups in Jammu and Kashmir.
Before the trial court, he sought the custody parole on the grounds that being a parliamentarian, he needed to attend the session to fulfil his public duty.
As an interim relief, the High Court on February 10 allowed him a two-day custody parole to attend the Parliament session on February 11 and 13.
Mr. Rashid has been lodged in Tihar Jail since 2019 after the NIA arrested him under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the 2017 terror funding case.
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