New Delhi : A Delhi court on Saturday allowed the plea of Jasir Bilal Wani, an accused in the Red Fort blast case, to meet his lawyer at the National Investigation Agency (NIA) headquarters, court sources said.

The plea was allowed by Principal District and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna of the Patiala House Court, they said.

On Friday, the Delhi High Court refused to pass an order to allow the accused’s plea, saying he failed to show any order passed by the trial court rejecting his prayer.

The high court, in the alternative, granted Wani’s counsel the liberty to approach the trial court concerned on Saturday for adjudication of his plea in accordance with law.

A resident of Qazigund in Jammu and Kashmir ‘s Anantnag, Wani was arrested in Srinagar by the NIA on November 17 for

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