'Let same rules apply to all': Sajad Lone after Er Rashid's bail plea extended

Srinagar, Oct 15: Soon after Delhi court extended interim bail period to MP Er Rashid till October 28, the Jammu & Kashmir Peoples’ Conference (JKPC) president Sajad Gani Lone appealed the said court that the magnanimity should to shown to all accused who are having multiple diseases and domestic issues too.

He said let there be no two set of rules, and let the same rules apply to all.

Pertinently a Delhi Court today extended the interim bail of Jammu and Kashmir MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, in a terror-funding case till October 28.

Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh passed the order on the ground of the health condition of Rashid's father, after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said it had verified the documents and was not opposing the application.

The judge also deferred the order on Rashid's regular bail plea in the case till October 28.

Taking to micro-blogging site X (formerly twitter), the JKPC president Sajad Gani Lone said: “My hand folded requests to the court in Delhi. Please can you show the same magnanimity in extending bail or giving bail as you are showing in the case of a VIP accused. A serving MP”.

My hand folded requests to the court in Delhi.

Please can you show the same magnanimity in extending bail or giving bail as you are showing in the case of a VIP accused. A serving MP.

Two people died in jail in similar or same cases. No bail was granted. Most of the other…

— Sajad Lone (@sajadlone) October 15, 2024

“Two people died in jail in similar or same cases. No bail was granted. Most of the other accused are old, have multiple diseases. And they too need some relief. They have families too. They have domestic issues too. They are humans too,” Lone wrote on X.

“The onus of measuring up to the highest judicial standards and fairness falls on the courts in question and the investigating agencies,” Lone said.

He said, “Similar magnanimity needs to be replicated by the courts. The investigations agencies are not contesting the extension of bail. They need to show similar compassion for other accused”.

“Let there be no two set of rules. Let the same rules apply to all,” the post on X said.