Er Rashid allowed daily hospital visits to father
New Delhi, May 6 -- The Delhi high court on Tuesday modified the interim bail conditions for Baramulla member of Parliament Abdul Rashid Sheikh, popular as Engineer Rashid, allowing the terror-accused legislator to meet his ailing father in the national capital for 12 hours daily until May 10.
A bench, comprising justices Pratibha M Singh and Madhu Jain, ruled that Rashid may visit his father, Khazir Mohammad Sheikh, at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, between 8am and 8pm each day, provided he is accompanied by two police personnel in plainclothes and returns to jail each evening.
This adjustment follows a plea from Rashid's legal team, led by senior advocate N Hariharan, noting that while a previous seven-day interim bail granted on April 28 restricted him to Srinagar, his father had since been moved to Delhi for urgent medical care on May 2.
The court's decision addressed a logistical dispute regarding Rashid's residence during this period; while the National Investigation Agency (NIA), represented by counsel Akshai Malik, suggested Rashid remain in jail when not at the hospital, the court finalised the daily release schedule after a proposed private address was found to belong to someone unrelated to the appellant.
Under the modified terms, Rashid is permitted access to a mobile phone only while in his father's presence.
Rashid, who has been in custody for over six years following his 2019 arrest under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, is accused by the NIA of participating in a conspiracy involving illicit funds and terror organisations to fuelseparatism in Jammu and Kashmir. The bench noted that the sitting MP had previously been granted 48 days of bail during his lengthy period of incarceration....
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