A Delhi court on Tuesday granted interim bail till October 2 to Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid in a terror funding case.
Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, defeated former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Baramulla.
Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh granted the relief to Sheikh Abdul Rashid, who had moved the court seeking interim bail to campaign in the upcoming Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections.
On July 5, the court had granted Sheikh Abdul Rashid custody parole to take the oath as a member of the Lok Sabha.
Sheikh Abdul Rashid has been in jail since 2019 after he was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the 2017 terror funding case.
He is lodged in Tihar jail.
The court has reserved for tomorrow its order on his regular bail application.
Rashid's name cropped up in the case during the investigation of Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali, who was arrested by the NIA for allegedly funding terrorist groups and separatists in the Kashmir valley.
The NIA had filed a charge sheet against several people, including Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, in the case.
Malik was sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court in 2022 after he pleaded guilty to the charges.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Featured Video Of The Day
UAE Crown Prince's Historic Trip To India, Could India Be A Peacemaker In Russia?
Out On Parole, Amritpal Singh, Engineer Rashid Take Oath As Lok Sabha MPs Jailed Kashmir Leader Engineer Rashid Takes Oath As MP J&K Jailed Leader Engineer Rashid, Amritpal Singh To Take Oath As MPs Tomorrow IAF Officer Files Rape Case Against Senior, Says Was Forced Into Oral Sex "Same Product, Different Year": Internet Reacts To Apple iPhone 16 Launch 'Loyal Workers Being Sidelined': Another Senior Haryana Leader Quits BJP Harvey Weinstein "Out Of Danger" After Emergency Heart Surgery 'Loyal Workers Being Sidelined': Another Senior Haryana Leader Quits BJP UK Says Terminating All Direct Air Services To Iran Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.