New Delhi: The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on January 5 on the bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and other accused in the larger conspiracy case related to the 2020 Delhi riots.
A bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria will deliver the judgment. The top court had reserved its verdict on December 10 after hearing extensive arguments from both sides.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Additional Solicitor General S V Raju appeared for the Delhi Police, while senior advocates Kapil Sibal, Abhishek Singhvi, Siddhartha Dave, Salman Khurshid and Sidharth Luthra represented the accused.
Khalid, Imam and others have been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, an anti-terror law, along with provisions of the erstwhile Indian Penal Code, for allegedly being the “masterminds” behind the February 2020 riots in northeast Delhi. The violence claimed 53 lives and left over 700 people injured.
The riots had erupted amid large-scale protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens.
The accused had approached the apex court challenging a Delhi High Court order dated September 2, which denied them bail in the alleged larger conspiracy case.
With PTI inputs