Delhi HC Issues Notice on Sharjeel Imam's Plea Against 'Framing of Charges’

Sharjeel Imam was charged with the provisions of the UAPA and the sedition law for alleged inflammatory speeches.

Delhi HC issues notice against Sharjeel Imam plea against 'framing of charges'

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The Delhi High Court issued a notice on former JNU student Sharjeel Imam's appeal against 'framing of charges' on Fridaty, 11 March. A bench of the trial court had ordered a framing various charges on him, including sedition.

The bench of Justice Siddarth Mridul and Justice Anoop Kumar Mehndiratta issued a notice to seek a response from Delhi police.

News agency ANI reported that the former JNU student challenged a Special Court order that had previously passed an order of framing of charges under sedition and offences under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against him.

Karkardooma Court of Delhi had ordered the framing of charges against Imam linked with allegedly giving inflammatory speeches on 24 January. These charges were framed under sections of promoting and inciting enmity and sedition.

Imam has been in judicial custody since 28 January 2020 after he was accused of allegedly making inflammatory speeches in Delhi's Jamia Nagar area on 13 December 2019, and at the Aligarh Muslim University on 16 January 2020.

The former JNU student also faces accusations of plotting February 2020 riots where over 50 people were killed, and several were left injured. The incident had over 750 cases registered in the violence, with over 250 chargesheets filed. According to the ANI reports, 1,153 accused are charge-sheeted in this case.