The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the police to reply on a plea by JNU student Sharjeel Imam, arrested in a sedition case for allegedly delivering an inflammatory speech and inciting violence during the CAA-NRC protests in 2019.

Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar issued notice to the prosecution and asked it to file a reply to the bail plea while listing the matter for further hearing on February 11 next year. Imam, represented by senior advocate Sanjay R Hegde, challenged the trial court's October 22 order by which his bail plea was dismissed.
The prosecution was represented through Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad.