When there was a dent in the security of Parliament, Delhi High Court will give verdict on bail plea tomorrow
Burglary in safety of Parliament
The Delhi High Court will pronounce the verdict on the bail plea of two accused on Wednesday (July 2) in the matter of breaching the security of Parliament in December 2023. A bench of Justice Subramanian Prasad and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar reserved the decision on the bail petitions of the accused Neelam Azad and Mahesh Kumawat on 21 May. The accused challenged the lower court order to dismiss their bail plea.
The accused jumped from the Lok Sabha audience gallery
The 2001 Parliament The accused Sagar Sharma and the entertainment de had allegedly jumped into the Lok Sabha Room during the zero hour in a major incident of breach in the security of Parliament on the anniversary of the terrorist attack. Meanwhile, slogans were shouted along with leaving the yellow gas from the canister. He was later controlled by some MPs.
These slogans were raised inside Parliament
At the same time, two other accused Amol Shinde and Azad left colored gas from the canister raising slogans of “dictatorship” outside the Parliament complex. Azad’s lawyer said that he should be granted bail, as the provisions of UAPA do not apply in this case. Her lawyer claimed that she had not brought any explosives to Parliament and was only standing outside.
Sore memories of parliament attack
Opposing the bail plea, the police alleged that the accused’s intention was to re -‘painful memories’ of the 2001 Parliament attack. The prosecution opposed the bail plea and said that during the preliminary investigation, it was found that the accused Azad and Shinde – Sharma and Manoranjan D were associates. They together carried out the incident.
Parliament House was attacked on 13 December 2001
The prosecution informed the High Court that it had described the accused in the case as ‘duly’ on the basis of arrest. The court had questioned whether the accused in the case were given the basis of arrest. The court had earlier asked the accused the reason for choosing the specific date of December 13, the day the Parliament House was attacked in 2001.
Allegations found correct in ‘prima facie’
The court had also asked the police whether to take or use smoke -smoke inside and outside Parliament falls under the UAPA and whether it falls under the definition of terrorist activities. The lower court dismissed Azad’s bail plea, saying that there was enough evidence to believe that the allegations against him are ‘prima facie’ truth.
Four accused were taken from the spot in custody
The court had said that all the accused Azad, Manoranjan D, Sagar Sharma, Amol Dhanraj Shinde, Lalit Jha and Mahesh Kumawat were already aware of the threat of the Khalistani terrorist to target Parliament on 13 December 2023. The four accused were detained from the spot, while Jha and Kumawat were later arrested. (With language input)
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