Two accused in Parliament breach case granted bail
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to two persons accused in the 2023 Parliament security breach case, Bar and Bench reported.
A bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar allowed petitions filed by Neelam Azad and Mahesh Kumawat for bail in the case, which was reserved on May 21, Live Law reported.
The bail was subject to Azad and Kumawat furnishing a bail bond of Rs 50,000 each and two sureties. The two were also barred from holding press conferences or giving interviews, and posting anything on social media about the incident.
The matter pertained to two men, Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D, jumping into the Lok Sabha chamber from the visitors’ gallery and opening gas canisters on December 13, 2023.
Outside Parliament, Azad and a man – Amol Dhanraj Shinde – had opened smoke canisters and shouted “stop dictatorship”. All four were arrested in connection with the breach.
A day later, the police arrested Lalit Jha, allegedly the mastermind behind the incident, and Kumawat, a co-accused.
The police charged all six under provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
Azad moved the High Court in September 2024 against a city court denying her bail, while Kumawat also filed an appeal in November against the rejection of his bail petition, the Hindustan Times reported.
During earlier proceedings, Azad and Kumawat told the court that...
Read more
News