File image of Umar Khalid.
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The Delhi Excessive Court docket is more likely to pronounce on Tuesday (September 2, 2025) its verdict on bail pleas of activists Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid and others going through prosecution in a UAPA case linked to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots.
A Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur, which reserved its order on July 9 after listening to the arguments on behalf of the prosecution and varied accused, is scheduled to cross the order at 2:30 p.m.
The courtroom had reserved its order on the bail pleas of Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid, Mohd Saleem Khan, Shifa Ur Rehman, Athar Khan, Meeran Haider, Abdul Khalid Saifi and Gulfisha Fatima.
The prosecution vehemently opposed the bail plea saying it was not a case of spontaneous riots however a case the place riots had been deliberate nicely upfront with a sinister motive and well-thought-out conspiracy.
Solicitor Basic Tushar Mehta, representing the prosecution, had contended that it was a conspiracy to defame India on a world degree and mere lengthy incarceration is not any floor for bail.
“In case you do something towards your nation, you higher be in jail until you might be acquitted,” he had argued.
Sharjeel Imam’s counsel had earlier argued that he was “utterly disconnected” with the place, time and co-accused individuals, together with Umar Khalid. His speeches and WhatsApp chats by no means referred to as for any unrest, he had argued.
Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and a number of other others have been booked underneath Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and provisions of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly being the “masterminds” of the February 2020 riots, which had left 53 individuals useless and over 700 injured. The violence had erupted throughout the protests towards the CAA and NRC.
Sharjeel Imam was arrested within the case on August 25, 2020. Whereas difficult the trial courtroom orders refusing bail, Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid and others cited their lengthy incarceration and parity with different co-accused who had been granted bail.
The bail pleas by Sharjeel Imam and different co-accused, Khalid Saifi, Gulfisha Fatima and others, are pending within the excessive courtroom since 2022 and had been heard by completely different Benches occasionally.
Police have opposed the bail functions of all accused, saying the communal violence of February 2020 was a case of “medical and pathological conspiracy”.
Speeches by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and different accused created a way of concern with their frequent sample of reference to CAA-NRC, Babri mosque, triple talaq and Kashmir, police alleged.
The Delhi Police has contended that in a case involving such “grave” offences, the precept of ‘bail is the rule and jail is the exception’ couldn’t be invoked.
It has additionally said that there was no materials to recommend any try by the prosecution to delay the trial courtroom proceedings and proper to speedy trial was not a “free cross”.
Revealed – September 02, 2025 04:12 am IST