Bahujan Samaj Party’s Rajya Sabha member Narendra Kashyap, arrested in the case of dowry death of his daughter-in-law, has sought his release from jail to attend the Parliament session.
The MP, detained in a jail here, moved an application before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Ghaziabad, saying that since Parliament is in session, he be allowed to attend under police custody.
“There is no provision in the jail manual for sending any accused under police custody,” claimed lawyer Hariom Kashyap, who is also the uncle of the BSP parliamentarian’s now deceased daughter-in-law, Himanshi. The court adjourned the hearing for May 5 since the lawyer for the BSP leader sought adjournment. Parliament’s current budget session is scheduled to come to an end on May 13.
Earlier in the morning, Narendra Kashyap’s bail hearing was adjourned after special CBI Judge G. Sridevi was elevated to the post of district judge. IANS
