new Delhi . A court here on Saturday deferred hearing on the bail plea of JNU research student and social activist Sharjeel Imam. He was accused of allegedly making provocative speeches against the CAA-NRC in 2019. A case was registered against him under the Sedition and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act – UAPA. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat on Saturday ordered the day-to-day trial and hearing of the evidence headed by Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad from March 28.
When the Imam was produced before Rawat, he replied in the negative to the allegations. The same bench had on January 24 framed charges under sections 124A (sedition), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, caste).
According to the police, Imam made alleged inflammatory speeches at Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi on December 13, 2019 and Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh on January 16, 2020.
He is in judicial custody since January 28, 2020 and is presently lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail.
Meanwhile, the verdict on the bail plea of Khalid Saifi, the founder of the United Against Hate campaign, will be pronounced on March 31. Saifi is reportedly involved in a larger conspiracy case related to the 2020 Delhi riots.
Violence erupted in North-East Delhi in February 2020 after clashes between pro-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) and pro-CAA protesters, claiming over 50 lives and injuring over 700.
—AnyTV News
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