Anti-CAA protests: Delhi courtroom rejects interim bail for Sharjeel Imam 

By PTI

NEW DELHI: A Delhi courtroom on Saturday denied interim bail to former JNU scholar Sharjeel Imam in a case associated to an alleged conspiracy behind the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.

Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat rejected the bail plea noting there was not adequate floor to grant the aid.

During the listening to, Imam’s counsel Ahmad Ibrahim informed the courtroom that the accused met the situations for bail and he was not a flight danger, nor on the danger of influencing witnesses or tampering with the proof.

Also, Imam didn’t make a aware name for inciting violent actions, the counsel stated.

Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad opposed the bail plea and stated the courtroom might contemplate the gravity of the offence earlier than granting bail.

Imam is accused of constructing inflammatory speeches towards the federal government on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), significantly on the Jamia Milia Islamia University in December 2019, which allegedly led to violence within the space exterior the college.

Imam, additionally going through sedition expenses for his alleged inflammatory speeches, is in judicial custody since January 2020.

The Delhi Police had filed a cost sheet towards Imam within the case, through which it alleged that he gave speeches inciting hatred, contempt, and disaffection in direction of the Central authorities and instigated individuals which led to the violence in December 2019.

NEW DELHI: A Delhi courtroom on Saturday denied interim bail to former JNU scholar Sharjeel Imam in a case associated to an alleged conspiracy behind the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.

Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat rejected the bail plea noting there was not adequate floor to grant the aid.

During the listening to, Imam’s counsel Ahmad Ibrahim informed the courtroom that the accused met the situations for bail and he was not a flight danger, nor on the danger of influencing witnesses or tampering with the proof.

Also, Imam didn’t make a aware name for inciting violent actions, the counsel stated.

Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad opposed the bail plea and stated the courtroom might contemplate the gravity of the offence earlier than granting bail.

Imam is accused of constructing inflammatory speeches towards the federal government on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), significantly on the Jamia Milia Islamia University in December 2019, which allegedly led to violence within the space exterior the college.

Imam, additionally going through sedition expenses for his alleged inflammatory speeches, is in judicial custody since January 2020.

The Delhi Police had filed a cost sheet towards Imam within the case, through which it alleged that he gave speeches inciting hatred, contempt, and disaffection in direction of the Central authorities and instigated individuals which led to the violence in December 2019.