The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to Sharjeel Imam in a sedition case registered against him for a speech he made at Aligarh Muslim University, during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) held in the campus on January 16, 2020.
The bail was granted by Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh of the Allahabad High Court.
The detailed order of the High Court is awaited.
Last month, a Delhi court had denied bail to Imam in a sedition case registered against him in connection with his December 2019 speech made during anti-CAA protests.
Additional Sessions Judge Anuj Agarwal said that the speech delivered by Imam at Jamia Milia University on December 13, 2019 was clearly on communal/divisive lines and could affect peace and harmony in the society.
"A cursory and plain reading of the speech dated 13.12.2019 reveals that same is clearly on communal/divisive lines. In my view, the tone and tenor of the incendiary speech tend to have a debilitating effect upon public tranquility, peace and harmony of the society," the Court said.
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