The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) has objected to Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP) chief and legislator Waheed Para’s plea looking for rest in his bail situations.
Whereas Para has requested the court docket to permit him to journey to any a part of the nation with out court docket permission citing his constitutional obligation as a legislator, the NIA has urged the court docket to dismiss the petition because the “intention of the applicant/accused is to flee from the clutches of regulation”.
“The mentioned bail situations on no account prevents the accused from discharging his constitutional duties as an elected MLA,” NIA has mentioned in its objections filed earlier than an NIA court docket in Jammu. “Within the occasion that his presence is particularly required exterior the Union Territory of J&Ok in furtherance of any constitutional obligation, the Hon’ble Courtroom could contemplate such requests on a case-to-case foundation”.
A senior chief of the Peoples Democratic Get together, Para is one in all three legislators from the social gathering who gained the elections final yr. Para represents the Pulwama meeting phase.
Para was arrested in an alleged terror case in 2020, was granted bail by the court docket in 2021. The court docket, nevertheless, put some bail situations, which embrace looking for court docket permission to journey exterior the Union Territory. Consequently, Para claims he couldn’t attend to his father, a most cancers affected person who was admitted in hospital exterior the UT. Para was additionally not allowed to take care of his nephew, who was admitted in a Delhi hospital.
Each handed away final yr.
The NIA in its objections has mentioned that Para is “not a regulation abiding citizen and is concerned in severe offences associated to nationwide safety”.
“It’s submitted that trial within the prompt case is being performed expeditiously on (a)
common foundation earlier than this Ld. Trial Courtroom and there may be robust apprehension that the applicant/ accused would misuse the freedom and will not come again to face the proceedings in relation to cost sheet that has already been filed,” NIA has mentioned in its objections.
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It additional mentioned: “Such a plea for rest in bail situations raises severe issues concerning the applicant’s intent to keep away from authorized proceedings and circumvent the continuing trial… Any utility looking for blanket permission to journey exterior the Union Territory of J&Ok ought to be considered as a calculated try and evade justice throughout a crucial stage of the trial”.
NIA has mentioned that Para allegedly conspired with another accused “to lift funds for procuring arms and ammunition for the terrorists” and “prolonged monetary help to the separatist leaders for furtherance of secessionist actions in Kashmir valley”.
The PDP, nevertheless, says that Para is being focused for his political opinions and his arrest was a part of the federal government’s crackdown on the PDP after the BJP walked out of the coalition authorities with it in 2018.
