NEW DELHI, May 15:
The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought NIA’s response on the bail plea of Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid in a terror funding case.
A bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar issued notice on the parliamentarian’s plea against a trial court order refusing him bail on March 21.
The bench also asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to respond to Rashid’s separate plea challenging the framing of charges in the case.
Rashid, who is facing trial for allegedly funding separatists and terror groups in Jammu and Kashmir, sought bail citing a delay in trial and the inability to perform his duty as a Lok Sabha MP.
The counsel for National Investigation Agency (NIA) said he would file a reply to the bail plea but objected to the maintainability of the plea against charges citing “substantial delay”.
The court clarified that in the appeal against the charges, NIA’s reply should restrict itself only to the question of a delay of around 1,100 days in mounting the challenge.
Rashid’s lawyer said the timeframe of 90 days for filing an appeal under the law was not sacrosanct when it concerned the issue of life and liberty of an individual.
The court posted the hearing on July 29.(PTI)
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