Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai was hearing Khalid's plea seeking 15 days of interim bail to take care of his ailing mother, who has to undergo surgery, and attend the 40-day post-death ritual (Chehlum) of his uncle.
The Supreme Court, however, accepted the bail pleas of the other five persons accused in the case, namely Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa Ur Rehman, Mohammad Saleem Khan and Shadab Ahmed.
In an affidavit, the police described the riots as a “deep-rooted, premeditated, and orchestrated conspiracy,” asserting that they were timed to coincide with the visit of the then US President Donald Trump to India.
The High Court on Tuesday dismissed the bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and several others accused in the 2020 Delhi riots "larger conspiracy" case.
Khalid had approached the top court challenging an October 2022 Delhi High Court verdict that had denied him the bail. Earlier, the trial court had dismissed his bail plea in March 2022.
Khalid was arrested by Delhi Police in September 2020 for being allegedly involved in a larger conspiracy behind February 2020 North East Delhi riots.
