Last Month, Delhi's Saket court discharged Sharjeel Imam, Asif Iqbal Tanha, Safoora Zargar and other 8 accused in the Jamia Milia Islamia University Violence case registered in 2019. However, the court had directed to frame charges against Mohd. Iliyas alias Allen in the matter.

The case concerns the violence that erupted after a clash between the Delhi Police and those protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in the Jamia Nagar area here in December 2019.

The 11 people who were discharged by the trial court in the case are Imam, Tanha, Zargar, Mohammad Qasim, Mahmood Anwar, Shahzar Raza Khan, Mohammad Abuzar, Mohammad Shoaib, Umair Ahmad, Bilal Nadeem and Chanda Yadav.

Advocates Rajat Nair and Dhruv Pandey appeared for Delhi Police.

Senior Advocate Rebecca John and Advocates M.R. Shamshad, Abubakr Sabbaq, Arijit Sarkar, Nabeela Jamil, Kajal Dalal, Aparajita Sinha, Javed Hashmi, Farid Ahmad, Shahnawaj Malik, Talib Mustafa, Ahmad Ibrahim, Ayesha Zaidi, Sowjhanya Shankaran, Siddharth Satija, Abhinav Sekhri, Ayush Shrivastava, Ritesh Dhar Dubey, Praavita Kashyap, Anushka Baruah, Chinmay Kanojia, Pravir Singh and Adya R. Luthra appeared for respondents.

Case Title: State v. Mohd. Qasim & Ors.