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.
The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister wrote the comments on a facebook post, while sharing an article about Khalid.
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.
Issuing notice to the Delhi Police, a Bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice N V Anjaria posted the matter for hearing in October.
The four had moved the top court against the Delhi High Court’s September 2 order rejecting their pleas.
The bail petitions are listed before a Bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice N V Anjaria. The same Bench will also hear the bail pleas of Gulfisha Fatima and Meeran Haider in the larger conspiracy case.
