Delhi Court Denies Statutory Bail to Sharjeel Imam
Despite finding no direct incitement to violence or murder in his speeches against the CAA, the court claimed that his rhetoric had a significant mobilising effect and potentially played a role in the outbreak of the February 2020 riots.
No Convictions, 'No Support From Activists' as Sharjeel Imam Spends Four Years in Jail
The IIT-graduate-turned-JNU-scholar's brother Muzammil Imam said to The Wire that Sharjeel has not received support from civil society groups and prominent political activists. 'They choose people who they want to support and who they don't want to support.'
Delhi Riots: High Court To Hear Bail Pleas Of Sharjeel Imam, Others Afresh Following Elevation Of Justice Siddharth Mridul As CJ Of Manipur HC
The Delhi High Court will hear afresh the bail pleas of Sharjeel Imam, Khalid Saifi and other accused persons in relation to the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, after the elevation of Justice Siddharth Mridul as Chief Justice of Manipur High Court. A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Shailender Kaur will start hearing the appeals now from January 2024.