"It is necessary that an appropriate bench be constituted by the CJI to clarify the law in KA Najeeb, particularly the application of 43D(5) of UAPA (stringent tests for bail)," the Court said.
The Delhi High Court granted Umar Khalid interim bail from June 1 to June 3, citing humanitarian grounds linked to his mother’s surgery.
Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai said that the Delhi High Court had denied bail to Pathan in October last year and that the circumstances had not changed since.
Supreme Court denied Umar Khalid and Sarjeel Imam bail in connection with the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.
A Bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice NV Anjaria reserved the judgment, likely to be delivered on December 19 before the Court’s winter break, after the conclusion of arguments by the Delhi Police opposing the bail pleas.
