NEW DELHI: JNU scholar and pupil activist Sharjeel Imam on Tuesday withdrew his plea earlier than a Karkardooma court docket in search of interim bail to contest the upcoming Bihar legislative meeting elections, in line with Bar and Bench.Advocate Ahmad Ibrahim, showing for Imam, informed the court docket {that a} common bail plea is already pending earlier than the Supreme Courtroom and that the correct discussion board for the interim bail utility also needs to have been the apex court docket. Extra Classes Choose (ASJ) Sameer Bajpai requested Ibrahim to file an utility to that impact and stated the request can be allowed.Imam had sought interim bail from October 15 to 29 to contest elections from the Bahadurganj meeting seat as an unbiased candidate. In his plea, he described himself as a “political prisoner and a pupil activist.” It was submitted that “He [Imam] is keen to contest elections from his residence state Bihar which is scheduled to happen from in 2 phases from 10.10.2025 to 16.11.2025.”Sharjeel Imam, a resident of Jehanabad district in Bihar, has been in custody since January 2020. He was booked in a number of circumstances linked to the protests towards the Citizenship Modification Act (CAA) and Nationwide Register of Residents (NRC). Whereas he was granted bail in a few of these circumstances, he stays incarcerated in reference to the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case, through which the Delhi Police has invoked the Illegal Actions Prevention Act (UAPA).On September 2, the Delhi excessive court docket rejected his common bail plea within the riots conspiracy case. His attraction towards that order is pending earlier than the Supreme Courtroom.Earlier, Imam had additionally moved a plea in search of 14-day interim bail from November 15 to 29 to file his nomination and marketing campaign in Bihar. The plea stated he needed to contest from the Bahadurganj meeting seat as an unbiased candidate. It acknowledged, “That for the reason that applicant is a political prisoner and a pupil activist, he's keen to contest elections from his residence state, Bihar.”The plea additional stated, “There isn't any one to care for and make preparations for his nomination and marketing campaign for the elections, besides his youthful brother, who can also be presently taking care of his ailing mom and offering for his household.” It additionally referred to the September 2024 order of the Patiala Home district court docket, which had granted interim bail to Engineer Abdul Rashid to marketing campaign within the Jammu and Kashmir meeting elections.(With inputs from PTI and Bar and Bench)
