Delhi Police Moves Court To Cancel Sharjeel Imam's Interim Bail In Delhi Riots UAPA Case
The Delhi Police has moved a Delhi Court seeking cancellation of the interim bail granted to Sharjeel Imam, accused in the 2020 North-East Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.
The Delhi Police has alleged that Imam violated the bail condition by interacting with media persons.
The Police has cited violation of the condition which said that during the interim bail period, Imam shall not use social media and will not come in contact of any media person.
In its application, the Police has said that a video is circulating on social media in which Sharjeel Imam can be clearly seen interacting with the media persons during the period of interim bail.
”Therefore, the accused grossly violated the aforesaid condition that he shall not come in contact of any media person,” the plea states.
It adds that the said conduct of Imam is wilful and deliberate, and amounts to a gross violation of the express condition of interim bail imposed by the Court.
“The accused, having been granted the indulgence of liberty, was bound to abide by the conditions attached thereto, and has abused the said liberty and indulgence of this Hon'ble Court. It is clear from the conduct of accused that he is misusing the liberty granted to him by this court,” the plea says.
Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts had granted interim bail to Imam to attend his cousin's wedding for October 04 to October 10.
Earlier, Imam was granted interim bail for 10 days, from March 20 to March 30 to attend his brother's wedding.
The accused, who were student activists in the forefront of organising anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in 2019-2020, are facing charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the Indian Penal Code for allegedly formulating the "larger conspiracy" behind the communal riots which took place in the national capital in the last week of February 2020.
The accused in the case are Tahir Hussain, Umar Khalid, Khalid Saifi, Isharat Jahan, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, Shifa-Ur-Rehman, Asif Iqbal Tanha(granted bail in 2021), Shadab Ahmed, Tasleem Ahmed, Saleem Malik, Mohd. Saleem Khan, Athar Khan, Safoora Zargar(granted bail on humanitarian grounds as she was pregnant when arrested), Sharjeel Imam, Faizan Khan, Devangana Kalita (granted bail) and Natasha Narwal(granted bail).