Activist Sharjeel Imam has now moved Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court order denying him bail in 2020 Delhi riots case. Imam was arrested on January 28, 2020.
According to a report by Live Law, the matter is yet to be listed for hearing before the Apex Court.
On Tuesday, September 2, the Delhi High Court had denied bail to Sharjeel Imam and 8 others including Umar Khalid, Mohd Saleem Khan, Shifa Ur Rehman, Athar Khan, Meeran Haider, Shadab Ahmed, Abdul Khalid Saifi and Gulfisha Fatima.
What was the Delhi High Court’s order?
The Delhi High Court, in its order, noted that the alleged role of Imam and Umar Khalid in the conspiracy appeared “grave,” having delivered inflammatory speeches on communal lines to “instigate mass mobilization of members of the Muslim community.”
Imam has challenged the Delhi High Court ruling passed on September 2 by a division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur denying bail to him.