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Delhi HC grants relief to 2 accused in Parliament security breach case
The two accused, Neelam Azad and Mahesh Kumawat, have been granted bail on a personal bond of ₹50,000 each and two sureties of the like amount.
A bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar directed the two accused not to give interviews to news outlets or make social media posts related to the incident.
The two have been asked to report to their respective police stations every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 10:00 AM without fail. They have also been prohibited from leaving the Delhi-NCR without obtaining prior permission from the court.
The relief to the two comes after the accused challenged a trial court's order rejecting their bail plea.
The ruling comes in connection with the intrusion that occurred inside the Lok Sabha chamber during Zero Hour on December 13, 2023. The Parliament breach coincided with the 22nd anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack. During the intrusion, two accused, namely Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D, allegedly jumped from the public gallery into the chamber and released yellow gas from canisters. The two also sloganeered before they were overpowered by some members of parliament (MPs).
At the same time, two other accused, Amol Shinde and Neelam Azad, allegedly sprayed colour gas outside Parliament premises and chanted, "tanashahi nahi chalegi (dictatorship won't work)".
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