A Delhi court Monday denied bail to JNU student Sharjeel Imam in a UAPA case lodged in connection with the Northeast Delhi riots, saying there are reasonable grounds to believe the allegations against him are true.
The protected witnesses of this casehave claimed that Imam made provocative speeches asking for Shaheen Baghs to be created across the country, and asked for the overthrow of the government and called for chakka jams across the country.
Imam’s lawyer, Tanveer Ahmed Mir, had argued that the accused never advocated violence: “The allegations against the accused are false and imaginary… chats of groups shows that accused never discussed or mentioned any intention to cause violence.”
He also asked that whether there was any evidence in the case attributed to Sharjeel Imam which suggested that there was a conspiracy to cause murders during the riots.
While Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad argued that there is sufficient material on record to establish that the accusations against the accused are true.
