NEW DELHI: JNU scholar and student activist Sharjeel Imam on Tuesday withdrew his plea before a Karkardooma court seeking interim bail to contest the upcoming Bihar legislative assembly elections, according to Bar and Bench. Advocate Ahmad Ibrahim, appearing for Imam, told the court that a regular bail plea is already pending before the Supreme Court and that the proper forum for the interim bail application should also have been the apex court. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Sameer Bajpai asked Ibrahim to file an application to that effect and said the request would be allowed. Imam had sought interim bail from October 15 to 29 to contest elections from the Bahadurganj assembly seat as an independent candidate. In his plea, he described himself as a “political prisoner and a s

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