Umar Khalid Moves Court Seeking Interim Bail In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case To Attend Sister's Wedding

Former JNU scholar and activist Umar Khalid has moved a Delhi Court seeking interim bail in relation to the UAPA case alleging a larger conspiracy related to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.

Khalid has sought interim bail to attend his sister's wedding.

The matter will be heard by Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts on December 11.

In December last year, the judge had granted interim bail for 7 days to Khalid for attending a wedding in the family.

Earlier, in 2022, he was granted interim bail for a week to attend his sister's marriage ceremony.

Umar Khalid was denied bail in October 2022 by the Delhi High Court. He then approached the Supreme Court but later withdrew his SLP. A second regular bail plea was filed by him in the trial court which was rejected.

He then approached the Delhi High Court again challenging the rejection of his second regular bail plea.

On September 02, a division bench of the Delhi High Court, observing that prima facie, the role of Umar Khalid in the entire conspiracy is “grave”, having delivered inflammatory speeches on communal lines to “instigate mass mobilization of members of the Muslim community.”

Khalid's SLP against the bail rejection is pending consideration before the Supreme Court.

FIR 59 of 2020 was registered by Delhi Police's Special Cell under various offences under the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

The accused in the case are Tahir Hussain, Umar Khalid, Khalid Saifi, Isharat Jahan, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, Shifa-Ur-Rehman, Asif Iqbal Tanha, Shadab Ahmed, Tasleem Ahmed, Saleem Malik, Mohd. Saleem Khan, Athar Khan, Safoora Zargar, Sharjeel Imam, Faizan Khan and Natasha Narwal.