Jamia violence case: Delhi High Court allows urgent listing of Delhi Police plea against discharge of Sharjeel Imam, ten others

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted the request by Delhi Police seeking urgent listing of the appeal plea against discharge of Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha and eight others in the Jamia violence case..The plea was mentioned by Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, before a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad..The SG informed the Court that the registry had raised objections because the chargesheet in the matter was in Hindi..The Court allowed the listing of the case on February 13, Monday. .Delhi's Saket court had discharged Imam, Tanha, Zargar and eight others last Saturday. In his order, ASJ Arul Verma had made some very strong observations against the Delhi Police. .It had come down heavily on the Delhi Police for filing an "ill-conceived" chargesheet, and added that their case was "devoid of irrefragable evidence"..Though the crowd created havoc and disruption on that day, the police failed to apprehend the actual perpetrators and roped in Imam, Tanha, Zargar and others as "scapegoats", the court had said..The case relates to the violence that took place in and around Jamia Millia Islamia in December 2019 after some students and locals announced that they would walk towards Parliament to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC)..However, the protests soon took a violent turn, and as the police used force to quell them, some of the protesting students allegedly entered the University.In total, Delhi Police made 12 people accused in the case. Several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including rioting and unlawful assembly were invoked against them..After considering the case, the court discharged 11 accused and framed charges against one Mohammed Ilyas.Apart from Imam, Tanha and Zargar, the others who have been discharged are Mohammed Abuzar, Umair Ahmad, Mohammed Shoaib, Mahmood Anwar, Mohammed Qasim, Mohammed Bilal Nadeem, Shahzar Raza Khan and Chanda Yadav.