Today, On 9th December, Umar Khalid has approached the Karkardooma Court seeking interim bail, saying he wants to attend his sister’s upcoming wedding while his trial in the Delhi riots conspiracy case is still continuing before the court.
Former JNU scholar Umar Khalid filed a request for interim bail in the Delhi riots conspiracy case at Delhi’s Karkardooma Court, aiming to attend his sister’s wedding.
The hearing on this plea is scheduled for December 11 before Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Sameer Bajpai.
Khalid has requested bail from December 14 to December 29, as his sister’s wedding is set for December 27.
It’s noteworthy that the Supreme Court is currently reviewing Khalid’s regular bail application. The Delhi High Court had previously denied him bail on September 2, 2025.
Khalid was arrested in September 2020 and faces charges of criminal conspiracy, rioting, unlawful assembly, among other offenses under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
He was granted bail for a period of seven days in December 2024 to attend a cousin’s wedding.
The accused in this case include Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Natasha Narwal, Asif Iqbal Tanha, Tahir Hussain, Khalid Saifi, Isharat Jahan, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, Shifa-Ur-Rehman, Shadab Ahmed, Tasleem Ahmed, Saleem Malik, Mohd Saleem Khan, Athar Khan, and Faizan Khan.
The violence occurred during protests against the proposed Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), resulting in 53 deaths and over 700 injuries.
According to the allegations, Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, Shifa Ur Rehman and Meeran Haider were involved in orchestrating protests, delivering inflammatory speeches and mobilising crowds, which, as per the prosecution, triggered the large-scale violence in Delhi in 2020.
They are now seeking bail from the Supreme Court under the stringent provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) concerning the February 2020 Delhi riots. In 2020, Imam was arrested under the UAPA and identified as the main conspirator in the Delhi riots case.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is set to hear the bail applications filed by Khalid and others on Friday, October 31.
Earlier, On September 2, the Delhi High Court denied bail to Imam, Khalid, and seven others: Mohd Saleem Khan, Shifa Ur Rehman, Athar Khan, Meeran Haider, Shadab Ahmed, Abdul Khalid Saifi, and Gulfisha Fatima. On the same day, another accused, Tasleem Ahmed, had his bail plea rejected by a different bench of the High Court.
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