Court to hear on June 18 arguments on Rashid’s plea for bail to take oath as MP

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has fixed June 18 to hear arguments on an application filed by Engineer Rashid, arrested in a 2016 Jammu & Kashmir terror funding case, seeking interim bail to take oath as an MP after the recently concluded general elections.
Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, defeated former J&K CM Omar Abdullah from Baramulla constituency in the 2024 LS elections.He is in jail for the past five years.
The court of additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh fixed the matter for June 18 after NIA sought time to file reply to Rashid’s application.
The agency told the court that notification for the oath of newly-elected MPs has not been published yet.
Earlier, the NIA had asked for time to file a reply, which was not opposed by Rashid’s counsels Vikhyat Oberoi and Jagriti Pandey.
However, they sought leniency from court that they may be allowed to file urgent application in case notification for oath is notified.