Overview

• Imam has filed the application before Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai at Karkardooma Courts in the UAPA ‘larger conspiracy’ case tied to the 2020 northeast Delhi violence.
• He seeks release from October 15 to 29 to personally file papers during the October 13–20 nomination window and to organize his campaign in Kishanganj’s Bahadurganj, which votes on November 11.
• A hearing is expected on Tuesday, with the matter likely to be listed as per court filings and reports.
• Imam says he will contest as an independent and notes only his younger brother can assist while he has been in continuous custody since August 25, 2020 without any interim bail.
• FIR 59/2020 by the Delhi Police Special Cell names 18 accused including Umar Khalid and Tahir Hussain, and the trial in the ‘larger conspiracy’ case remains pending.