New Delhi: A court has rejected for the second time the bail applications of Manoranjan D and Sagar Sharma, accused in the 2023 Parliament security breach case, holding that there were reasonable grounds to believe that the allegations against them were prima facie true.Special judge Kiran Bansal of Special Court (NIA Act, UAPA) passed the order on Nov 12, invoking the statutory bar on bail under Section 43D(5) of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.The court observed that the accused had planned to create a “terror-like situation” to coincide with the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack and disrupt the proceedings. “Statement of witnesses… also reveals that the accused had organised meetings where the complete planning to commit the alleged terrorist act was discussed,” it said.The Delhi Police special cell’s additional public prosecutor, Akhand Pratap Singh, claimed that the incident was part of a larger conspiracy to disrupt Parliament.Rejecting the defence’s argument of parity with Neelam Ranoliya and Mahesh Kumawat, who got bail in July 2025, the court said Ranoliya had refused to enter Parliament, while Kumawat was not in Delhi on the day and had not attended the group’s last two meetings.
