India, March 4 -- The Delhi high court on Monday asked the Delhi Police to file its reply on a bail plea filed by Neelam Azad, who was arrested in connection with the December 2023 Parliament security breach case.

Though a bench of justices Prathiba M Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta sought the Delhi Police response by April 16, the court reprimanded Azad for preferring an appeal against the trial court's September, 2024 order denying her bail beyond the stipulated time.

To be sure, section 21 of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008, states that appeals from judgments, orders, of a special court cannot be entertained after 90 days.

"What was she (Neelam) trying to do? In Parliament she was throwing smoke canisters? What is this? Y...