Sharjeel Imam faces a case of alleged inflammatory speech.
New Delhi:
Delhi police said before the Delhi High Court on Friday that former JNU student Sharjeel Imam, arrested in a case linked to alleged inflammatory speech during protests against CAA and NRC, was not allowed to no relief because he continually made speeches of incitement against the government.
Police said “his speeches were of a community nature, which caused serious community conflicts and fostered enmity between various religious groups under the guise of the protest against the CAA and the NRC”.
Police filed an affidavit in this regard and opposed the appeal of Sharjeel Imam, who challenged a trial court order allowing the police more time to complete the investigation.
He stated that no provision of the law had been violated and that there was a good and substantial cause for extending the time for the investigation.
Investigators argued that the Imam was not entitled to any relief because he “continued to make inflammatory and inciting speeches against the government on the issue of CAA and NRC”.
Police filed their affidavit through lawyers Amit Mahajan and Rajat Nair, in response to Sharjeel Imam’s appeal of the April 25 trial court order granting Delhi police three more months, beyond the 90 legal days, to complete the investigation of the case under the strict law on illegal activities (prevention) (UAPA).
The plea is expected to be heard on June 10.
Sharjeel Imam was arrested on January 28 in the Jehanabad district of Bihar in connection with a violent demonstration against the Citizenship Amendment Act near the Jamia Millia Islamia University in December last year.
The legal period of 90 days from the arrest ended on April 27.
He also requested bail in this case on the grounds that the investigation had not been completed within the statutory 90-day time limit and that when the police had requested additional time to complete the investigation investigation, he had not received the notice required by law.
The trial court had rejected the bail plea.
He said that Imam Sharjeel, through his speeches, addressed a particular religious section of society and created disaffection with the government by creating unfounded fears in their minds regarding the citizenship law ( modification) (CAA) and the National Citizen Registry process. (NRC), which has yet to be implemented in any way across the country except Assam.
The accused through his speeches also spread lies about the genocide in Assam, he added.
She added that no law had been violated or any rights violated and that there was no legal infirmity in the order of the court of first instance which required leniency from the High Court.
