Delhi Court Refuses To Pass Order On Er Rashid's Regular Bail Plea

A Delhi court on Tuesday refused to pass order on Jammu and Kashmir MP Rashid Engi๊🐟neer's regular bail application in a terror-funding case.

Additional sessions judge (ASJ൲) Chander Jit Singh dismissed the application filed by the accused seeking to pronounce order on the bail application.

The judge 🌠said at the present stage he could only decide the miscellaneous application and not the regular bail plea.

On December 19, the district judge sent the case back to the court h✃earing the mat🃏ter.

The ASJ court had requested the district judge to transfer the case to a court designated to try lawmakers obse𒀰rving Rashid was now a𒉰n MP.

The district judge sent the matter ba🌄ck to the ASJ by the consent of all accused persons and the prosecuting agency, the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

The district judge passedꦆ the order after being informed the matter related to the jurisdiction of the court is currently pending before the Delhi High Court.

The ASJ would continue to hear the case till the high court passes a final order on the i꧒ssue of jurisdiction.

Rashid counsel𓆉 and the NIA had jointly sought the matter to remain in the court hearing it.

Apart fro🔯m the NIA case, the special judge had recommended transferring aꦦ connected money laundering case and Rashid's regular bail plea to the court meant for lawmakers.

Rashid was elected from the Baramulla constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and has been lodged in Tihar Jail since 2019 after the NIA arrested him under the Unlawful Activities ꦡ(Prevention) Act in the 2017 terror-funding case.

Cases of the NIA and the ED 💖also involve Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba chief and 26/11ꦦ Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, Hizbul Mujahideen leader Syed Salahuddin and others.

The ED filed a money laundering case against the🃏 accused persons on the basis of the NIA's FIR, which accused t💞hem of "conspiring to wage war against the government" and fomenting trouble in the Kashmir Valley.