New Delhi: Delhi’s Saket court has discharged Sharjeel Imam in the 2019 Jamia violence case, reported news agency ANI. Sharjeel was granted bail in the case in 2021. Apart from Sharjeel, the court also discharged Asif Iqbal Tanha in the same case. Additional Sessions Judge Arul Verma discharged them in a case registered at the Jamia Nagar police station in 2019
Violence had erupted on the Jamia Milia University campus in December 2019 after a clash broke out between people protesting against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the police. Police had registered an FIR under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including rioting in connection with the violence case.
According to Live Law, Imam still remains in custody in other FIRs registered against him in connection with the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. Notably, both Imam and Tanha are accused in the Special Cell’s case alleging that there was a larger conspiracy behind the Northeast Delhi riots, it added.
