Delhi high court grants bail to Neelam Azad, Mahesh Kumawat in 2023 Parliament breach case

Parliament security breach: Two accused in the December 2023 Parliament security breach case were granted bail by the Delhi High Court on Wednesday with a condition that they were not to give interviews to media outlets or make social media posts related to the incident. The accused had challenged a trial court’s order rejecting their bail plea.

A bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar granted relief to Neelam Azad and Mahesh Kumawat on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 each and two sureties of the like amount.

In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack, accused Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D allegedly jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour, released yellow gas from canisters and sloganeered before they were overpowered by some MPs.