A Delhi court on Monday framed multiple charges, including sedition, against anti-CAA and NRC protestor and former JNU student Sharjeel Imam in a case related to alleged inflammatory speeches made by him during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in 2019.
바카라Charges are being framed under sections 124 (sedition), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion), 153B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), 505 (Statements conducing to public mischief) of Indian Penal Code, and Section 13 (punishment for unlawful activities) of UAPA,바카라 Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat ordered.
As per the prosecution, Imam had allegedly made speeches at Jamia Millia Islamia on December 13, 2019, and at Aligarh Muslim University on December 16, 2019, where he threatened to 바카라cut off바카라 Assam and the rest of the Northeast from India.
In his defense, Imam had earlier told the court that he is not a terrorist and his prosecution is a 바카라whip of a monarch rather than a government established by law바카라. Whereas, the prosecution claimed that violent riots took place pursuant to Imam's speech.
Sharjeel is in judicial custody since January 2020.
Delhi Police had filed a charge sheet against Imam in the case, in which it alleged that he allegedly gave speeches inciting hatred, contempt, and disaffection towards the Central Government and instigated the people which led to the violence in December 2019.
