Conditional Liberty
The Supreme Court’s recent refusal to grant bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam does more than decide the fate of two undertrials.
The Supreme Court’s recent refusal to grant bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam does more than decide the fate of two undertrials.
Reported sloganeering at JNU has triggered strong reactions from BJP, Left and Congress leaders, turning a campus protest into a wider political debate.
The Supreme Court, while ruling against Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam's pleas, admitted the bail petitions of the other five accused persons in the case: Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa-ur-Rehman, Mohd Saleem Khan and Shadab Ahmed, all of whom have been in custody for more than five years.
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.
The police vehemently opposed the bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, and others in the 2020 North-East Delhi riots' larger conspiracy case.
On September 2, the Delhi High Court had refused bail to Imam and eight others — Umar Khalid, Mohd Saleem Khan, Shifa Ur Rehman, Athar Khan, Meeran Haider, Shadab Ahmed, Abdul Khalid Saifi, and Gulfisha Fatima.
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.
The Supreme Court on Friday asked Delhi High Court to expeditiously decide the bail plea of Sharjeel Imam charged under the stringent provisions of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in the February 2000 Delhi riots conspiracy case.
Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce its order on the police's revision plea against a trial court's order discharging 11 accused, including Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar and Asif Iqbal Tanha in the 2019 Jamia violence case.
The violence had erupted after a clash between Police and people protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
