Sharjeel Imam, a Delhi riots case accused, withdrew his interim bail plea on Tuesday from the Karkardooma Court to file his nomination.

He had filed the plea seeking 14 days’ interim bail to contest the Bihar Assembly elections as an independent candidate from the Bahadurganj constituency.

Advocate Ahmed Ibrahim appeared before Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Sameer Bajpai and requested to withdraw his application. During the hearing, the court instructed him to submit his application to the filing section.

While requesting the court, the counsel submitted that he wants to withdraw the plea as Sharjeel’s bail application is pending before the Supreme Court.

This application was filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, read with Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagar

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