New Delhi: While hearing the 2023 Parliament security breach case, Delhi court recently denied bail to the accused – Manoranjan D and Sagar Sharma. The trial court has been rejecting the accused person’s bail application for the second time.

Hearing the case, Justice Kiran Bansal of the Special Exclusive Court (NIA Act, UAPA) passed the order. The court pointed out that the accused persons wanted to create a terror-like situation resembling 2001 parliament attack anniversary.

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The judge observed that there were reasonable grounds to believe that the allegations against the two accused were prima facie true, attracting the statutory bar on bail under Section 43D(5) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [UAPA].

The incident happened on December 13, 2023 when  Manoranjan D and Sagar Sharma jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery and released coloured smoke canisters during parliament proceedings. The youth, as part of their protest over unemployment, entered the building, while the co-accused Neelam Ranoliya and Amol Shinde released smoke canisters outside the parliament building and raised slogans

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While rejecting the bail petition, the court noted that the witness statement revealed that the accused persons had organised meetings where the complete planning to commit the alleged terrorist act was discussed. “The accused persons had thus, planned to create terror like situation and disrupt the proceedings of the Parliament on the specific date which would coincide with the 2001 Parliament Attack Anniversary,” the court added, Bar and Bench quoted.