On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court ruled that Neelam Azad, accused in the Parliament Security Breach case, cannot proceed with her plea seeking release from police custody.

The division bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Manoj Jain dismissed the petition, citing that Azad had already submitted a bail application to the trial court.

Earlier, Azad filed a habeas corpus plea, urgently requesting release from police custody and contesting the legality of the trial court's December 21, 2023 order that remanded her to police custody. Azad argued that she was denied the opportunity to seek legal counsel of her choice to represent her during the remand proceedings.

In the plea, it was mentioned that on December 14, Azad made her initial court appearance after being in police custody for 29 hours. She had been arrested by the Delhi Police on December 13 alongside three other individuals - Sagar Sharma, Manoranjan D, and Amol Shinde.

Azad and Shinde were engaged in a protest outside the Parliament building, while Sharma and Manoranjan D entered the Lok Sabha chamber from the visitors' gallery using canisters emitting smoke. Following this incident, two additional individuals were arrested in connection with the case. The trial court, on December 21, directed the Delhi Police to provide Azad's counsel with a copy of the FIR. However, the High Court intervened and halted this order on December 22.