Sharjeel Imam was booked for sedition in 2020 for allegedly making inflammatory speeches at AMU and Jamia Millia Islamia with respect to the Citizenship Amendment Act.
A court here on Saturday dismissed the plea of student activist Sharjeel Imam seeking bail on the grounds that he had been in custody for the last four years, which was more than half of the maximum sentence prescribed for the offence.
The Court also said that though it cannot consider offence of sedition under Section 124A IPC since it has been kept in abeyance by Supreme Court, Imam's acts will qualify as sedition as per "normal dictionary meaning".