Parliament Breach Case: Two accused granted bail by Delhi High Court
Two accused in the December 2023 Parliament security breach case were granted bail by the Delhi High Court on Wednesday.
Aadrika Tayal 
New Delhi (India) July 2: Neelam Azad and Mahesh Kumawat, the two suspects in the 2023 Parliament security breach were granted bail by the Delhi High Court on July 2. It also stated that this is subject to the provision of two sureties of the same amount and bail bonds of ₹50,000 each.
The Bench said,“We are granting bail. The accused are required to furnish bail bonds of ₹50,000 each with two sureties” regarding the judgement.
The Delhi High Court bench which is led by Justices Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar and Subramonium Prasad has also instructed them to report to the police station every Monday and refrain from leaving Delhi.
The higher court heard the case after Azad and Kumawat appealed a trial court decision that denied their bail requests.
The accused, Neelam Azad and Mahesh Kumawat have also been prohibited from speaking at news conferences, conducting interviews or sharing anything about the incident on social media.
Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D, two other defendants in the case allegedly jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour unleashed yellow gas from canisters and yelled before being overpowered by some MPs in a significant security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack.
At about the same moment, two additional defendants Amol Shinde and Azad are accused of yelling "tanashahi nahi chalegi" while spraying coloured gas from canisters outside the Parliament building.
According to the prosecution, during the trial court proceedings, all of the accused Azad, Kumawat, Manoranjan, Sharma, Shinde, and Lalit Jha have admitted to knowing that on December 13, 2023, designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu threatened to attack Parliament.
The culprits were charged by the police under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Police claim that Azad and other co-accused planned to carry out the terrorist act with the goal of causing fear in the minds of lawmakers, staff, guests, and the millions of people after the House's live proceedings on television.
Aadrika Tayal
