The Supreme Court on Friday asked Delhi High Court to expeditiously decide the bail plea of Sharjeel Imam charged under the stringent provisions of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in the February 2000 Delhi riots conspiracy case.
Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce its order on the police's revision plea against a trial court's order discharging 11 accused, including Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar and Asif Iqbal Tanha in the 2019 Jamia violence case.
The violence had erupted after a clash between Police and people protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
Imam's plea said though he requested the Assistant Superintendent to prevent the convicts from assaulting him, however, hie plea was not heeded.
During the course of the hearing, Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Amit Prasad opposed the maintainability of the interim bail application citing a 2014 apex court verdict.
Sharjeel Imam had approached the Delhi High Court challenging the April 11 trial court order which refused him bail in the larger conspiracy case.
Activist Sharjeel Imam has approached the Delhi High Court, challenging the trial court order which refused him bail in a larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots.
Citing a quote by Swami Vivekananda, Judge Aggarwal said: "We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think; Words are secondary; Thoughts live; they travel far."
The high court noted that the report submitted by the Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) mentioned that due to the global COVID-19 pandemic a lockdown was imposed due to which the pace of the investigation was seriously disrupted.
Sharjeel's counsil senior advocate Siddharth Dave, sought clubbing of FIRs against him and cited relief given by the top court in the matter of Arnab Goswami. "Give me relief like Arnab Goswami", submitted his lawyer.
