Jailed activist and student leader, Sharjeel Imam, has moved a Delhi court seeking interim bail for two weeks to contest the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, Bar and Bench reported.

Imam filed the interim bail application before Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts, who had been hearing the February 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case.

Imam will run in the Bihar elections from the Bahadurganj constituency in Kishanganj district.

The state assembly elections are scheduled in two phases, on November 6 and November 11, the results of which will be declared on November 14. Imam has sought bail from October 15 to October 29.

Although he has been granted bail in other cases, he remains in custody due to the Delhi riots conspiracy case, in which the Delhi Polic

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