New Delhi, April 29 (H.S.): The Delhi High Court will hear the bail plea of Neelam Azad, accused in the Parliament security breach case, on May 7. Neelam Azad has challenged the trial court’s order rejecting her bail plea.
Today, the lawyer representing the Delhi Police stated before Justice Subramonium Prasad’s bench that the Additional Solicitor General (ASG) will present arguments in this matter, but he is not available today, after which the court ordered the hearing on the bail plea to be conducted on May 7. The Patiala House Court had rejected Neelam Azad’s bail plea on September 13, 2024. The Patiala House Court had also rejected the bail plea of another accused, Manoranjan D, on December 24, 2024, and April 28. On November 22, 2024, the Patiala House Court rejected the bail plea of co-accused Mahesh Kumawat.
The Delhi Police, in its charge sheet, stated that the accused intended to tarnish democracy by targeting the Parliament building. The charge sheet mentioned that the accused had been planning the attack on Parliament for two years. The nearly one thousand-page charge sheet indicated that all the accused had met each other on social media and held a total of five meetings in Mysore, Gurugram, and Delhi. Their first meeting took place in February 2022 in Mysore. The court took cognizance of the Delhi Police’s charge sheet on August 3.
Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar
