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A Delhi tribunal connected Saturday (January 24, 2026) granted custody parole to jailed Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid to be the upcoming Budget Session of Parliament.
Custody parole entails a captive being escorted by equipped constabulary unit to his spot of visit.
Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma passed the order, granting Mr. Rashid support to be the league that would statesman connected January 28, taxable to conditions imposed earlier astir question costs and others.
Mr. Rashid's counsel Vikhyat Oberoi told the tribunal that his client's entreaty astir question costs is pending earlier the Delhi High Court.
In November past year, the tribunal had granted Mr. Rashid custody parole to be the Winter Session of Parliament connected each dates.
It had besides allowed him to be the Monsoon Session betwixt July 24 and August 4, 2025, successful a akin manner.
In 2024, Mr. Rashid was granted interim bail to run for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls.
The Independent MP has been lodged successful Delhi's Tihar jailhouse since 2019, aft helium was arrested by the National Investigation Agency nether the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act successful a 2017 terror-funding case.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Mr. Rashid defeated National Conference's Omar Abdullah by implicit 2 lakh votes to triumph the Baramullah seat.
