CAA protests: Delhi court dismisses JNU student Sharjeel Imam's bail plea
Delhi's Saket Court has dismissed JNU student Sharjeel Imam's bail plea on Friday, in a case related to alleged inflammatory and instigating speeches during the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).
New Delhi: Delhi's Saket Court has dismissed JNU student Sharjeel Imam's bail plea on Friday, in a case related to alleged inflammatory and instigating speeches during the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).
The Delhi Police had arrested Sharjeel Imam in connection with the riots in New Delhi in February 2020. Imam had been booked under sections of the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
Sharjeel Imam was booked under the sedition law for a speech in which he had called for a chakka jam, he was arrested from Bihar’s Jehanabad on January 28 2020. On July 22, Sharjeel had tested positive for COVID-19 and was among 435 inmates of the jail who did so.
The speeches for which he was arrested were allegedly made at Jamia Millia Islamia on December 13, 2019, and at the Aligarh Muslim University on December 16, 2019. He is in judicial custody since January 2020.
The Delhi Police had filed a charge sheet against Imam in the case, in which it alleged that he allegedly gave speeches inciting hatred, contempt, and disaffection towards the Central Government and instigated the people which led to the violence in December 2019.
