A Delhi Court docket on Thursday (December 11) granted interim bail to former JNU scholar and activist Umar Khalid in relation to the UAPA case alleging a bigger conspiracy associated to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.
Khalid had sought interim bail to attend his sister’s marriage ceremony.
Further Periods Choose Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts granted interim bail to Khalid commencing from December 16 to 29, on furnishing of non-public bond of Rs.20.000 with two sureties of like quantity.
Khalid has been directed to not contact any witness and any particular person in reference to the case. He has been requested to present his cellular quantity to the investigating officer and to maintain it open until the interval of interim bail.
“Through the interim bail interval, the applicant shall not use the social media. Through the interim bail interval, the applicant shall solely meet his relations, relations and buddies. Additional, he shall stay at his dwelling or on the locations the place the ceremonies of marriage as talked about by him will happen,” the Court docket stated.
The decide has directed Khalid to give up himself within the night of December 29 earlier than the Superintendent of Jail of the involved jail.
In December final 12 months, the decide had granted interim bail for 7 days to Khalid for attending a marriage within the household.
Earlier, in 2022, he was granted interim bail for per week to attend his sister’s wedding ceremony.
Umar Khalid was denied bail in October 2022 by the Delhi Excessive Court docket. He then approached the Supreme Court docket however later withdrew his SLP. A second common bail plea was filed by him within the trial court docket which was rejected.
He then approached the Delhi Excessive Court docket once more difficult the rejection of his second common bail plea.
On September 02, a division bench of the Delhi Excessive Court docket, observing that prima facie, the function of Umar Khalid in your entire conspiracy is “grave”, having delivered inflammatory speeches on communal traces to “instigate mass mobilization of members of the Muslim group.” Towards this Khalid had moved the Supreme Court docket.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court docket reserved its verdict on bail pleas filed by Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima & different accused individuals In Delhi Riots Bigger Conspiracy Case.
FIR 59 of 2020 was registered by Delhi Police’s Particular Cell underneath numerous offences underneath the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act, 1967.
The accused within the case are Tahir Hussain, Umar Khalid, Khalid Saifi, Isharat Jahan, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, Shifa-Ur-Rehman, Asif Iqbal Tanha, Shadab Ahmed, Tasleem Ahmed, Saleem Malik, Mohd. Saleem Khan, Athar Khan, Safoora Zargar, Sharjeel Imam, Faizan Khan and Natasha Narwal.
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