1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

2. The present application has been filed by the Appellant - Abdul Rashid Sheikh also known as Engineer Rashid under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, inter alia, seeking interim bail on the ground of the demise of the Appellant’s father.

3. The said application has been taken up by the Board upon being mentioned by ld. Counsel for the Appellant, due to urgency of the matter.

4. The instant appeal had been filed by the Appellant assailing the order dated 24th April, 2026 (hereinafter, ‘impugned order’) passed by the ld. Additional Sessions Judge – 03, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi District, Delhi in NIA Case No. 2/2018 arising out of RC No. 10/2017/NIA/DLI.

5. The Appellant is a Member of Parliament, who has been elected from the Baramulla constituency in Jammu and Kashmir in 2024. The Appellant is arrayed as Accused No. 18 in NIA Case No. 2/2018, titled, State v. Hafeez Mohd. Saeed & Ors. and the same is pending trial before the ld. Additional Sessions Judge – 03, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi District, Delhi.

6. The Appellant had initially moved for regular bail before the Trial Court which was rejected