<p>New Delhi: A court here on Tuesday granted two-hour custody parole to Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid to take oath as a Lok Sabha MP on July 5.</p>.<p>Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, was elected from <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/baramulla">Baramulla</a> seat as an independent candidate defeating National Conference leader <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/omar-abdullah">Omar Abdullah</a> in the recent Lok Sabha polls.</p>.<p>He was arrested in a 2017 Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case.</p>.<p>Rashid had moved the court seeking interim bail, or custody parole in the alternative, to take oath and perform his parliamentary functions.</p>.We hope NDA constituents rethink implementation of new criminal laws: Omar Abdullah.<p>Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh allowed custody parole for two hours on July 5 to enable him to take oath.</p>.<p>A detailed order is awaited.</p>.<p>On Monday, the NIA's counsel did not oppose Rashid's plea and said his oath taking should be subject to some conditions like not speaking to the media and completing all formalities within a day.</p>.<p>Rashid has been in jail since 2019 after he was charged by the NIA under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for his alleged involvement in a terror funding case. He is currently lodged in Tihar jail.</p>.<p>The former MLA's name cropped up during the investigation of Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali, who the NIA had arrested for allegedly funding terrorist groups and separatists in the Kashmir valley.</p>.<p>The NIA had filed a charge sheet against several individuals, including Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin in the case. Malik was awarded life imprisonment by a trial court in 2022 after he pleaded guilty to the charges.</p>
<p>New Delhi: A court here on Tuesday granted two-hour custody parole to Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid to take oath as a Lok Sabha MP on July 5.</p>.<p>Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, was elected from <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/baramulla">Baramulla</a> seat as an independent candidate defeating National Conference leader <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/omar-abdullah">Omar Abdullah</a> in the recent Lok Sabha polls.</p>.<p>He was arrested in a 2017 Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case.</p>.<p>Rashid had moved the court seeking interim bail, or custody parole in the alternative, to take oath and perform his parliamentary functions.</p>.We hope NDA constituents rethink implementation of new criminal laws: Omar Abdullah.<p>Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh allowed custody parole for two hours on July 5 to enable him to take oath.</p>.<p>A detailed order is awaited.</p>.<p>On Monday, the NIA's counsel did not oppose Rashid's plea and said his oath taking should be subject to some conditions like not speaking to the media and completing all formalities within a day.</p>.<p>Rashid has been in jail since 2019 after he was charged by the NIA under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for his alleged involvement in a terror funding case. He is currently lodged in Tihar jail.</p>.<p>The former MLA's name cropped up during the investigation of Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali, who the NIA had arrested for allegedly funding terrorist groups and separatists in the Kashmir valley.</p>.<p>The NIA had filed a charge sheet against several individuals, including Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin in the case. Malik was awarded life imprisonment by a trial court in 2022 after he pleaded guilty to the charges.</p>