A Delhi court on Saturday denied statutory bail to Sharjeel Imam in a sedition and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) case filed against him for allegedly making inflammatory speeches in Delhi's Jamia area and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma court pronounced the order.The case relates to the speeches made by Imam at AMU and Jamia area while protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizenship (NRC).He was arrested in the case on January 28, 2020.In July 2022, the trial court had rejected his first bail application in this case.It was Imam's case that he had already spent four years in jail out of the maximum sentence of seven years and is, therefore, eligible for statutory bail.He said that the offence of sedition has been kept in abeyance by the Supreme Court of India and the UAPA provisions invoked against him do not carry more than seven years sentence.Meanwhile, the Delhi Police contended that the punishment for the offences invoked against him should considered cumulatively not concurrently.The Court after hearing the parties pronounced the order today.The Trial court's decision came after the Delhi High Court ordered it to decide his bail plea expeditiously.Imam's plea against the order framing sedition and UAPA charges against him in the case will be heard by the Delhi High Court on March 8.
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