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The Delhi High Court connected Wednesday (January 28, 2026) rejected a plea by jailed Lok Sabha MP from Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla, Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid, challenging the framing of charges against him successful a panic backing case.
A Bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Madhu Jain said the entreaty by Mr. Rashid against the proceedings tribunal bid was not maintainable. It noted that a coordinate Bench of the High Court has already, successful different case, held that an entreaty was not maintainable against an bid of framing charges arsenic the aforesaid was not a last order.
"The contiguous entreaty would besides not beryllium maintainable and is dismissed arsenic being not maintainable," said the Bench.
The elder counsel appearing for the National Investigation Agency (NIA said that Mr. Rashid's entreaty was filed aft a hold of 1100 days, which should not beryllium condoned. The Court said since the entreaty itself was not maintainable connected merit, it was not going into the facet of delay.
Mr. Rashid has been lodged successful the Tihar jailhouse since 2019 aft helium was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) nether the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act successful the 2017 panic backing case.
The Baramulla MP, who defeated Omar Abdullah successful the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, is facing allegations that helium funded separatists and panic groups successful Jammu and Kashmir. According to the NIA's FIR, Mr. Rashid's sanction cropped up during the interrogation of businessman and co-accused Zahoor Watali.
After being chargesheeted successful October 2019, a peculiar NIA tribunal framed charges against Mr. Rashid and others successful March 2022 nether Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 121 (waging warfare against the government), and 124A (sedition) of IPC and for offences relating to violent acts and panic backing nether UAPA.
A Delhi Court has allowed Mr. Rashid to be the Budget Session of Parliament, which commenced connected Wednesday (January 28, 2026), nether custody parole, whereby a captive is escorted by equipped constabulary unit to his spot of visit.
