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Senior counsel appearing for the MLA argued that his bail plea was pending in the trial court for a long time and urged the High Court to either direct its expeditious disposal or decide the matter itself. The High Court said that notice should be issued. Allow reply/status report to be filed. Through the petition, he has sought direction from the High Court to the lower court judge to take an expeditious decision on his pending regular bail plea.
The Delhi High Court issued notice and sought the stand of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on the plea of Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid seeking bail in the 2017 Jammu and Kashmir terror-funding case. Justice Vikas Mahajan asked the agency to file its reply and listed the matter for further hearing on January 30. Rashid’s lawyer said that 3 months have passed since the order was reserved but the order has not arrived yet. The 3rd session of Parliament has ended and my constituency is not getting representation in Parliament.
MP The senior counsel appearing for the petitioner argued that his bail plea was pending in the trial court for a long time and urged the High Court to either direct its expeditious disposal or decide the matter itself. The High Court said that let the reply/status report be filed. Through the petition, he has sought direction from the High Court to the lower court judge to take an expeditious decision on his pending regular bail plea. Alternatively, he has requested the Delhi High Court to hear the case and decide on bail.
Rashid was elected from Baramulla constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and has been lodged in Tihar jail since 2019 after he was arrested by the NIA under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in a 2017 terror-funding case. The NIA and ED cases also include Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba chief and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, Hizbul Mujahideen leader Syed Salahuddin and others. The ED registered a money laundering case against the accused persons on the basis of an NIA FIR, which accused them of conspiring to wage war against the government and creating trouble in the Kashmir Valley.
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