The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to jailed Lok Sabha MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh to attend the rituals and the ceremony to mark 40 days after the death of his father in Jammu and Kashmir, Live Law reported.Sheikh, who is popularly known as Engineer Rashid, was arrested since August 2019 in connection with a terror-funding case filed by the National Investigation Agency. He has been held under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.He is currently on interim bail till June 3 to attend his father’s last rites.A High Court bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Madhu Jain said on Tuesday that Sheikh will have to surrender after expiry of the present interim bail period, the legal news portal reported.He will then be released again from June 25 till June 30 so that he can attend the rituals and 40th-day ceremony of his deceased father, the bench added.It also said that Sheikh does not need to furnish a personal bond and surety again if it has already made to the satisfaction of the jail superintendent, adding that conditions for the interim bail will remain the same as the previous order.“In reasonable cases like this, you should let it be,” Live Law quoted the court as telling the counsel for the National Investigation Agency during the hearing. “Look at how much judicial time [is] consumed.”In July 2024, Sheikh was granted custody parole for two hours to take the oath in Parliament. He had contested and won the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Baramulla while in jail, defeating National Conference leader Omar Abdullah.He was also released from Delhi’s Tihar jail in October to allow him to campaign for the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.