The Delhi High Court on Tuesday set aside a trial court’s order discharging 11 people, including JNU student Sharjeel Imam and activists Asif Iqbal Tanha and Safoora Zargar, in a 2019 Jamia Nagar violence case and ordered framing of charges against them.
While quashing the trial court order, the High Court said in a democracy there can be no question of suppressing dissent by peaceful means but there is also no place of violent action to register anguish against ideological differences to a government policy.
The High Court, which passed the judgement on police’s plea challenging the discharge order, said prima facie charge of unlawful assembly is made out against all the 11 accused but framed rioting charge against eight of them, including Imam and Zargar.