Jailed activist and student leader, Sharjeel Imam, charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), has withdrawn his interim bail plea before a Delhi court for contesting the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.

The JNU student leader will be moving to the Supreme Court, which would be the appropriate forum to seek such relief, since his regular bail plea is already pending there, his counsel said.

Sharjeel Imam had requested interim bail from October 15 to 29 to campaign as an Independent candidate from the Bahadurganj constituency in Bihar’s Kishanganj district.

Although he has been granted bail in other cases, he remains in custody due to the Delhi riots conspiracy case for protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).

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