After hearing the bail plea, Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala House Court, Chander Jeet Singh sought response from the National Investigation Agency on his interim bail plea and fixed the next hearing for Friday.

Engineer Rashid, who is currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail after being detained by the NIA in a terror funding case in 2019, defeated National Conference vice president and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah from Baramulla by a margin of over 2 lakh votes. Defeated. Sajjad Gani Lone of People's Conference stood third.