Delhi court denies bail to Neelam Azad

PTI

New Delhi, January 18

A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed the bail application of Neelam Azad, arrested in the Parliament security breach case, noting that the investigation was at a nascent stage and she was accused of attempting to disrupt the sovereignty and integrity of India.

Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur said the FIR in the case was registered under various Sections of the anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, and the Indian Penal Code. “Investigation in the present case is at a nascent stage. The allegations against the accused are serious in nature, as she is alleged to be involved in disrupting the sovereignty and integrity of India along with other co-accused persons,” the Judge said. She stated that since the investigation was in the initial stage, it was not a fit case for bail. “In view of the above discussions, considering the nature and seriousness of the allegations levelled against the accused and the initial stage of the investigation, I do not find it to be a fit case to release the accused on bail. The present bail application stands dismissed,” the judge said. The court had on Saturday sent all the accused in the case — Azad, Manoranjan D, Sagar Sharma, Lalit Jha, Amol Shinde and Mahesh Kumawat — to judicial custody after they were produced on the expiry of their police remand.

On the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack, two of them — Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D — had jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour, released yellow gas from canisters and shouted slogans before being overpowered by some MPs. Around the same time, the two other accused — Amol Shinde and Azad — had also sprayed coloured gas from canisters outside the Parliament premises. The four were arrested on the spot. Jha and Kumawat were later apprehended for their alleged involvement.

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