Delhi's Patiala House Court on Thursday allowed the plea of Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid to attend the upcoming Monsoon Session of the Parliament in custody.

Court directed the jail authorities to take him to Parliament for the days whenever there is session. 

The MP, through advocate Vikhyat Oberoi, sought permission to attend the Parliament session scheduled to commence on July 20.

Special Public Prosecutor Gautam Khazanchi, appearing for the NIA, submitted that the agency had no objection if the accused was permitted to attend the Parliament session in custody.

Rashid had earlier been allowed to attend Parliament proceedings in custody. He was also granted interim bail to attend the last rites of his father.

Rashid is facing trial in the terror-funding case. He faces allegations that he funded separatists and terror groups in Jammu and Kashmir. 

He has been lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail since 2019 after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested him in the 2017 case.

After he was named in a chargesheet in October 2019, a special NIA court framed charges against Rashid and others in March 2022 under Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 121 (waging war against the government), and 124A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code and under relevant provisions of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.