The plea said Imam wants to fight the polls from the Bahdaruganj assembly seat as an Independent.(Photo: NDTV) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed

Student activist Sharjeel Imam, an accused in the larger conspiracy behind the 2020 riots case, has sought a 14-day interim bail to file his nomination and campaign for the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar.

The plea before Additional Sessions Judge Sammer Bajpai said that Imam, a permanent resident of Jehanabad district in Bihar, was arrested on Aug. 25, 2020, when he was a final year PhD student in JNU, and had been incarcerated since then.

It said, "That since the applicant is a political prisoner and a student activist, he is willing to contest elections from his home state, Bihar."

The plea said Imam wants

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