Delhi riots: HC seeks chart to differentiate role of Sharjeel Imam from 3 out on bail
Malavika Prasad | 17 January 2024 | The Indian Express
The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the city police to file a chart distinguishing the role of Sharjeel Imam, an accused in the department’s ‘larger conspiracy case’ in the 2020 Delhi riots, from that of co-accused Asif Iqbal Tanha, Devangana Kalita, and Natasha Narwal who were granted bail by the HC in 2021.
A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Manoj Jain were hearing Imam’s bail plea in the matter wherein his counsel Talib Mustafa argued he is seeking bail on the “grounds of parity”.
Mustafa said six of the accused have already been granted bail and also pointed to a January 8 order passed by the bench concerning Salim Malik and Shifa-ur-Rehman wherein the police were asked to file a similar comparative chart distinguishing their role with the three people who are on bail.
Opposing this, Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad appearing for the Delhi Police submitted, “Sharjeel Imam has a lot of history. When we go through the chargesheet we will show the kind of speeches he has given. The kind of activities he has done and cannot be compared”.