Overview

• Imam moved the application before Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai at Karkardooma Courts seeking release from October 15 to October 29.
• The plea says the temporary release is needed to file nomination papers and campaign, with the nomination window running from October 13 to October 20.
• He plans to run as an independent from Bahadurganj in Kishanganj district, a seat currently represented by Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi who shifted from AIMIM to RJD.
• Imam has remained in judicial custody for more than five years without any grant of bail, in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case registered as FIR 59/2020 under IPC and UAPA.
• Bihar Assembly voting is scheduled in two phases on November 6 and 11 with results on November 14, while his bail appeal is pending before the Supreme Court.