Delhi’s Patiala Home Court docket on Tuesday authorised interim bail for Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid, efficient till October 2. This determination got here in response to Rashid’s software for bail, which he filed to allow his participation within the marketing campaign for his Awami Itihad Celebration (AIP) candidates within the upcoming J&Okay Meeting elections. Further Classes Decide Chander Jit Singh mentioned, “He’s granted bail till October 2 and should give up on October 3.”
The court docket had beforehand directed the NIA to current objections to Rashid’s bail request, which led to a reserved judgment delivered this Tuesday. Engineer Rashid, also called Abdul Rashid Sheikh, has been in Tihar Jail since his 2019 arrest by the NIA on costs of terror funding.
Regardless of being incarcerated, Rashid contested the Lok Sabha elections, together with his son and supporters campaigning on his behalf in Baramulla, the place he emerged victorious over former J&Okay Chief Minister Omar Abdullah by over 200,000 votes.
Sajad Gani Lone, President of the Peoples Convention, completed third. Previous to this, Rashid was allowed parole to take his oath as a Lok Sabha member. He has twice served because the consultant for the Langate Meeting constituency in Kupwara district inside the J&Okay Legislative Meeting.