Former JNU student Sharjeel Imam has been granted bail in a sedition case accusing him of provocative speech – that allegedly led to violence in Jamia Nagar area – during protests against the citizenship law in December 2019, Live Law reported. However, he will continue to be in custody in several other cases lodged against him.
This comes months after the Delhi high court asked a trial court to consider Imam’s application seeking relief on the ground that he has remained in custody for 31 months under the FIR. Additional sessions judge Anuj Agrawal granted bail in a case lodged at New Friends Colony police station.
