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Supreme Court denies bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, grants relief to others in Delhi riots case

Posted on: Jan 05, 2026 11:16 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
Supreme Court denies bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, grants relief to others in Delhi riots case
THe sublime margaret court on mon refused to give bail bond to student leaders Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid, who are among those who are behind bars for many years in connection with the 2020 Delhi riots case.The Supreme Court cited the gravity of allegations against the two leaders, and said they stood “on a qualitatively different footing” when compared to the other accused in the case.With this, the Supreme Court allowed the release of five other co-accused – Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa Ur Rehman, Mohd Saleem Khan, and Shadab Ahmad, after drawing a clear distinction in their alleged roles.However, the court also clarified that the bail was not indication of the allegations against them becoming any less serious. The court listed 12 conditions for their release, warning that any violation would lead to the cancellation of bail.The order was reserved on December 10, and read out by a Supreme Court bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjari, on Monday. Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam are among those accused in the February 2020 northeast Delhi riots case. They have been behind bars for many years now and had challenged a Delhi High Court order refusing bail to them.The Delhi Police has long opposed bail to all accused in the case, arguing that the 2020 riots were an “orchestrated, pre-planned and well-designed” attack on India's sovereignty. However, Sharjeel Imam argues that he was labelled an "intellectual terrorist" without any evidence or conviction.

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