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The Delhi High Court’s Justice Amit Sharma on Thursday recused himself from hearing a clutch of bail pleas, which are linked to the Delhi Police’s “larger conspiracy” case in connection with the 2020 riots. The clutch of petitions, which also includes activist Sharjeel Imam’s plea, was listed before a division bench of Justice Prathiba Singh and Justice Amit Sharma after a change in the roster of judges dealing with the matter.
“Let these matters be listed before a bench of which one of us (Justice Amit Sharma) is not a member, subject to orders of the Acting Chief Justice,” the bench said. The matter is next listed on July 24.
Imam and several others were booked under relevant provisions of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for allegedly being the “masterminds” of the riots in Northeast Delhi In February 2020. The riots had erupted amid the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the city.
Fifty-three people were killed and over 700 were injured in the riots.
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