New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- The Delhi Court on Wednesday reserved its order on Sharjeel Imam's bail plea in the sedition case. The order is to be pronounced on February 17.

He has sought statutory bail on the grounds of the period undergone by him till now in the case.

According to his grounds, he has been in custody since the last four years and it is more than half of the maximum sentence.

He is also an accused in the larger conspiracy of the Delhi riots case.

Special judge Sameer Bajpai at Karkardooma Court reserved the order after hearing arguments of the Defence counsel and special public prosecutor for Delhi police.

The Delhi High Court on January 30 directed the trial court to decide his bail application within 10 days.

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