Delhi riots: Supreme Court adjourns hearing on Umar Khalid’s bail plea
New Delhi (IANS). The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on the bail plea of student activist Umar Khalid. Umar Khalid was arrested under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in connection with the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 Delhi riots.
A bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Bela M Trivedi was sought by the counsel for the petitioner for adjournment of the hearing for a period of one week. In view of this, the hearing was adjourned.
The matter is likely to be listed on August 9, as per the information available on the official website of the apex court.
The counter affidavit filed by the Delhi Police on Sunday in response to Umar Khalid’s plea is yet to be officially received on record.
Earlier, on July 12, the Supreme Court had posted the matter for July 24. The counsel for Delhi Police had sought more time to file the reply citing the charge sheet running into thousands of pages.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Umar Khalid, had argued that the man has been in custody for two years and eleven months. Which affidavit to file? This is a bail application.
Umar Khalid has approached the apex court against the denial of bail by the Delhi High Court. On October 18 last year, a bench of High Court Justices Siddharth Mridul and Rajneesh Bhatnagar dismissed Umar Khalid’s appeal seeking regular bail.
Umar Khalid had challenged the order of the trial court which had denied him bail in the UAPA case.
The alleged controversial speech he delivered in Amravati during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was the basis of the charges against Umar Khalid in the Delhi riots case.
JNU scholar and activist Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam are among nearly a dozen people involved in the alleged larger conspiracy case related to the riots, according to the Delhi Police.
Let us tell you that in February 2020, riots broke out in the national capital Delhi. The clash between anti-Citizenship Amendment Act and pro-CAA protesters had turned violent. In which more than 50 people lost their lives and more than 700 were injured.
