: Delhi court rejects Sharjeel Imam’s interim bail plea in sedition case #IndiaNEWS A Delhi court on Saturday denied interim bail to activist Sharjeel Imam for allegedly delivering inflammatory speeches

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Delhi court rejects Sharjeel Imam’s interim bail plea in sedition case #IndiaNEWS
A Delhi court on Saturday denied interim bail to activist Sharjeel Imam for allegedly delivering inflammatory speeches at Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Milia Islamia University in 2019 and 2020, Live Law reported.Imam was booked on sedition charges after the police accused him of making inflammatory statements during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens.The former Jawaharlal Nehru University student had sought interim bail on the grounds that the Supreme Court had put the sedition law in abeyance and asked the Union government to consider the provision. He had contended that the case against him had been significantly diluted on account of the Supreme Court judgement.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat on Saturday rejected the bail plea saying that there was not sufficient ground to grant him relief, PTI reported.During the hearing, Imam’s lawyer Ahmad Ibrahim argued that the activist was not a flight risk and he was not likely to influence witnesses or tamper with evidence. He contended that due to these reasons, Imam met the conditions required for the granting of bail.However, Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad urged the court to consider the gravity of the alleged offence while deciding on the bail plea.The police have alleged that in his speech at Aligarh Muslim...Read more

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