Allahabad HC grants bail to Sharjeel Imam in sedition case
Allahabad High Court granted bail to Sharjeel Imam on Saturday in the sedition case filed against him. Allahabad High Court granted bail to Sharjeel Imam in sedition case on Saturday. (Photo: PTI) Allahabad High Court on Saturday granted bail to Sharjeel Imam in a case pertaining to alleged provocative speech against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act at Aligarh Muslim University in 2019. The bail was granted by Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh of the Allahabad High Court. A detailed order on Imam’s bail is yet to be issued. A former JNU student and one of the key organisers of the Shaheen Bagh protest, Sharjeel Imam, was arrested last year from Bihar’s Jehanabad. In his speech, Imam had purportedly asked protestors to cut off from India. Police in Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh had also lodged FIRs against the JNU scholar. However, the activist got bail in the Assam and Arunachal Pradesh cases. Sharjeel Imam was also accused of making inflammatory speeches which led to vio...
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