2020 riots case: HC notice to Delhi Police on bail plea by Sharjeel Imam in UAPA case

New Delhi (TIP): The Delhi high court on Friday, July 17, issued notice in the bail application filed by student activist Sharjeel Imam in the larger conspiracy case linked to the February 2020 Delhi riots.
A bench of justices Prathiba M Singh and Vikas Mahajn sought Delhi Police’s response and fixed August 27 as the next date of hearing.
“Issue notice. List on August 27,” the court said in its order.
Sharjeel through his lawyer Ibrahim and Talib Mustafa moved the high court against the trial court’s July 4 order.
The trial court on July 4 had denied Sharjeel and Umar Khalid’s bail holding that there were no grounds to “entertain” the fresh plea as it could not even examine whether circumstances had changed since the Supreme Court rejected their pleas in January.
Additional sessions judge (ASJ) Sameer Bajpai of the Karkardooma Courts, observed that the divergence of opinion between the January 5 Supreme Court judgment in the Gulfisha Fatima case and the subsequent ruling in the case involving Syed Iftikhar Andrabi had already been referred to a larger bench of the apex court. Until that issue is settled, the trial court said, it could not consider the fresh applications on any ground.