Sharjeel Imam is among several accused booked in the larger conspiracy case linked to the communal violence that erupted in northeast Delhi in February 2020. He was granted interim bail for 10 days on Monday.
A Delhi court has granted 10-day interim bail to student activist Sharjeel Imam, an accused in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots conspiracy case, to attend his brother’s wedding and take care of his ailing mother.
The development comes months after the Supreme Court in January refused to grant bail to Imam and co-accused Umar Khalid in the 2020 Delhi riots case.
Sharjeel Imam is among several accused booked in the larger conspiracy case linked to the communal violence that erupted in northeast Delhi in February 2020. The riots had left 53 people dead and over 700 injured.
The case is being investigated by the Delhi Police, which has alleged that the violence was the result of a “pre-planned and well-designed” conspiracy aimed at disrupting public order during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
In January, the Supreme Court had denied bail to Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid, with a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria observing that the prosecution had placed sufficient material on record to establish a prima facie case indicating their involvement in the alleged criminal conspiracy.
At the same time, the court had granted bail to five other accused in the case — Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa Ur Rehman, Mohd Saleem Khan and Shadab Ahmed — noting that their roles differed from those attributed to Khalid and Imam.
