New Delhi, July 20 -- Delhi's Karkardooma Court on Monday disposed of a plea filed by Sharjeel Imam, saying that only the Jail Superintendent can control and monitor the material stored in a pen drive. The court left it to the discretion of the Jail Superintendent to consider Imam's request.

Sharjeel Imam had sought access to study material for the completion of his PhD thesis on a pen drive.

Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Sameer Bajpai said, "Only the Jail Authorities can have control and monitor the use of the material by the applicant, and the court leaves it on the discretion of the Superintendent of Prison only to consider the prayer of the applicant."

Sharjeel Imam had filed the application through advocate Ahmad Ibrahim.

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