A Delhi court has granted Sharjeel Imam interim bail from October 4 to 10 to attend his cousin’s wedding, in the 2020 North-East Delhi riots larger-conspiracy case under the UAPA. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of the Karkardooma Courts passed the order. Imam’s regular bail plea, along with that of Umar Khalid, is listed before the Delhi High Court on September 30. The allegations in the case are untested.
A Delhi court has granted three weeks’ interim bail to Swatantra Bhardwaj in a case connected to the Cockroach Janta Party protest at Jantar Mantar in July. Two FIRs have been registered against him. The court has ordered the proceedings to be held in camera, and a detailed order is awaited. The allegations remain untested.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court granted interim bail on medical grounds to a 76-year-old man in custody for over five years in an ECIR, holding that the twin conditions under Section 45 of the PMLA cannot stand in the way where treatment inside prison has become a mere formality.
The Supreme Court directed AIIMS, New Delhi, to constitute a medical board to examine Asaram’s health in his interim bail plea. The board must submit its report within a week in the minor rape case linked to his ashram.
The Rajasthan High Court upheld Asaram Bapu’s life sentence for raping a minor, rejecting his appeal while affirming the trial court’s 2018 judgment. It granted relief by dropping gangrape charges but still ordered him to surrender despite medical bail.
The Delhi High Court granted interim bail to Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, known as Engineer Rashid, from June 25 to June 30 for participating in his father’s post-death rituals, while directing him to surrender after expiry of previously granted interim bail linked to last rites.
The Delhi High Court granted Umar Khalid three-day interim bail to visit his ailing mother in the hospital. It directed that he remain at the specified address and only visit his mother, restricting him from going anywhere else.
The Delhi High Court granted interim bail to MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh until June 2 in an alleged terror financing case. The relief followed the death of his father prompting the court to temporarily suspend custody.
Baramulla MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh’s counsel approached the Delhi High Court seeking a modification of his interim bail order. He requested permission to travel to Delhi to meet his ailing father, recently shifted from Srinagar to AIIMS Delhi.
The Delhi High Court granted jailed Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid a week of interim bail to visit his ailing father, allowing him to stay at home or hospital. The court ordered constant supervision by two police personnel present.
