Delhi HC Sets Aside Trial Court Order That Discharged Sharjeel Imam, Others in Jamia Violence Case

The high court charged Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha, and eight others for rioting, unlawful assembly, among others. It overturned a trial court verdict which had pulled up the Delhi Police for "ill-conceived" chargesheet.

#delhi #JamiaViolence #JMI #DelhiPolice #DelhiHC #SharjeelImam #SafooraZargar #UnionGovt #communalism #minorities #hindutva #india

https://thewire.in/law/delhi-hc-sets-aside-trial-court-order-discharging-sharjeel-imam-others-in-jamia-violence-case

In The Jamia Discharge, A Challenge To The Delhi Riots Conspiracy Case

A judge’s order discharging students accused of rioting at Jamia Millia Islamia University on 13 December 2019, while upholding the fundamental right to protest, weakens another case of the Delhi police: the conspiracy behind the Delhi riots of which the violence at Jamia is a part according to the police.

In finding no prima facie case against three student activists accused in both cases, the order challenges the criminality linked with the anti-CAA movement and the projection of protesters as riot planners.

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https://article-14.com/post/in-the-jamia-discharge-a-challenge-to-the-delhi-riots-conspiracy-case--63ec3e7b44e86

Judge Who Discharged Sharjeel Imam and Others in 2019 Jamia Violence Case Recuses Himself

Judge Arul Varma, who had slammed the Delhi Police for filing “ill-conceived chargesheets”, recused himself from hearing the case, citing personal reasons, on the day his ruling was challenged in the high court.

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https://thewire.in/law/judge-arul-varma-jamia-violence-case-delhi-police

'Delhi Police Presented Same Old Facts as Fresh Evidence': What the Court Said in Jamia Case

'This filing of a slew of chargesheets must cease, else this juggernaut reflects something beyond mere prosecution, and would have the effect of trampling the rights of accused persons,' the court order said.

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https://thewire.in/law/delhi-police-presented-same-old-facts-as-fresh-evidence-what-the-court-said-in-jamia-case

Delhi Court Discharges Sharjeel Imam, Others In 2019 Jamia Violence Case: ‘Delhi Police Roped Them As Scapegoats, Prosecution Launched In Cavalier Fashion’

Discharging Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha and eight others in 2019 Jamia violence case, a Delhi Court on Saturday observed that the police was unable to apprehend “actual perpetrators” and “surely managed to rope them(accused) as scapegoats” in the matter.

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https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/delhi-police-scapegoats-prosecution-cavalier-fashion-court-discharges-sharjeel-imam-2019-jamia-violence-case-220727

Sharjeel Imam completes three years in prison

Imam had called for a road blockade as a method of protest against CAA. The police in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, and Arunachal Pradesh registered FIRs against the speech and according to their chargesheets, his speech was secessionist and inflammatory.

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https://maktoobmedia.com/2023/01/28/sharjeel-imam-completes-three-years-in-prison/amp/

Now and then I think of #UmarKhalid, #SharjeelImam, #SudhaBharadwaj and other political prisoners who wrote and fought for the marginalised and India's future that was inclusive and just, and we have imprisoned them. Everyday that they spend in prison feels like a new murder.

RT @RahulMukherji5@twitter.com

"Agitate and cut off Chicken's Neck corridor..", #SharjeelImam has been behind bars for 600+ days for saying these words. For sedition. Now, read what Debraj Singh, son of KLO leader Jibon Singh says (on the right). The same reference to cutting off the Chicken's Neck corridor.
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🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RahulMukherji5/status/1485867321269043202

RT @barandbench@twitter.com

[Breaking] Delhi Court refuses bail to JNU student #SharjeelImam in a case connected to alleged violence during protests against Citizenship Amendment Bill in 2019. "Tone and tenor of incendiary speech tend to have a debilitating effect upon public tranquility, peace and harmony"

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/barandbench/status/1451446415826186244

RT @imammuzzammil@twitter.com

My brother Sharjeel Imam surrendered on 28th Jan approximately 1 month before Delhi pogrom started. He is being falsely accused as the police has no such evidence.
We should rise against such arbitrary arrests & imprisonment of Students.
@_imaams@twitter.com
#SharjeelImam #Freeallprisoners https://twitter.com/_imaams/status/1222111268720398337

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/imammuzzammil/status/1298626680043446273

RT @boomlive_in@twitter.com

Student activist Sharjeel Imam, charged with allegedly making inflammatory speeches which led to violence at Jamia Milia Islamia University in Delhi last year, has tested positive for #COVID19. #SharjeelImam

https://www.boomlive.in/health/live-news-updates-coronavirus-covid-19-china-india-italy-fake-news-fact-check-7103

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/boomlive_in/status/1285609696284614656

#SharjeelImam isn't coming out of Indian jail any sooner but while his body remains caged, his thoughts still aren't. He has written on multiple platforms including FirstPost and The Wire. He has also written beautifully on Lord Krishna. Read him. And ask yourself if he is danger to this republic or should this crumbling republic needs celebrating him... #noxp
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sharjeel-imams-custody-extended-cops-to-verify-if-enemy-guided-him-6249699/lite/?__twitter_impression=true

In pre-Partition India, Muslims too celebrated Janmashtami: A look back at reverence for Krishna in works of Urdu poets: #SharjeelImam https://twitter.com/share?url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/in-pre-partition-india-muslims-too-celebrated-janmashtami-a-look-back-at-reverence-for-krishna-in-works-of-urdu-poets-3926603.html

#SharjeelImam on Moderate and extremist nationalism.

Portion that got #SharjeelImam into trouble but just read it in full. He clearly isn't asking for breaking Assam/NE from India but to create a blockade... There's difference.

Some interesting parts from #SharjeelImam's speech - the one that got him arrested on sedition charge.
"CPM has been a violent party, it has historically been violent. It beats people up, just like the ABVP does, remember that. Both these parties are extremely violent."

Sare Jahan Se Acha: The Idea of India in Early 20th Century Urdu Poetry: #SharjeelImam https://thewire.in/uncategorised/sare-jahan-se-acha-the-idea-of-india-in-early-20th-century-urdu-poetry

RT @anujajTOI@twitter.activitypub.actor
#UP: 70 #AMU students demand release of #SharjeelImam ⁦@parasnsingh95@twitter.com⁩ ⁦@AMUNetwork@twitter.com⁩ ⁦@AligarhMuslimUn@twitter.com⁩ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/up-70-amu-students-demand-release-of-sharjeel-imam/articleshow/73708306.cms?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=iOSapp&utm_source=twitter.com

RT @manuvichar@twitter.activitypub.actor
The sedition case against #SharjeelImam is just plain stupid and unsustainable in law. Period.
Another instance of abuse of sedition law.

RT @afrozsahil@twitter.activitypub.actor
In a media statement released by Afshan Rahim (circulated on social media), the mother of #SharjeelImam has alleged that her family members are being harassed and threatened by the police and state authorities. And they are traumatised by this incident...
https://beyondheadlines.in/2020/01/sharjeel-imams-mother-alleges-that-her-family-is-being-harassed-by-police/