Taking ‘empathetic view’, Delhi HC grants Umar Khalid 3-day interim bail in riots conspiracy case
The Delhi High Court granted Umar Khalid interim bail from June 1 to June 3, citing humanitarian grounds linked to his mother’s surgery.
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 granted time to the Delhi Police to present detailed rebuttal submissions and listed the matter for May 30.
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’s recent refusal to grant bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam does more than decide the fate of two undertrials.
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has penned a poem, titled "You will rise, Umar," in support of the jailed student activist Umar Khalid.
Reported sloganeering at JNU has triggered strong reactions from BJP, Left and Congress leaders, turning a campus protest into a wider political debate.
Supreme Court denied Umar Khalid and Sarjeel Imam bail in connection with the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.
PDP leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday strongly criticised the Supreme Court’s decision denying bail to the key activist Umar Khalid in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case. “The scales of justice are breaking under the burden of injustice”, she remarked.
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.
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.
