2020 Delhi riots: SC adjourns hearing on Umar Khalid’s bail plea for 2 weeks
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the hearing of student activist Umar Khalid’s bail plea in a case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots.
Umar Khalid was arrested and charged under the Unlawful Activities Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in connection with the alleged larger conspiracy case behind the Delhi riots. His alleged offensive speeches delivered at Amaravati during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens (CAA and NRC) were the basis of allegations against him in the riots case.
Khalid approached the top court against the denial of bail by the Delhi High Court.
A bench comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M. Trivedi directed the matter to be listed after a period of two weeks.
Last week, the case had come up for hearing before a Bench of Justices A.S. Bopanna and P.K. Mishra. However, Justice Mishra recused himself from hearing the matter and the plea was directed to be listed before a different bench.
A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar of the High Court had rejected Khalid's appeal seeking regular bail on October 18 last year. He had challenged the trial court order which had denied him bail in connection with the UAPA case.
According to Delhi police, JNU scholars and activists Khalid, and Sharjeel Imam are among the nearly a dozen people involved in the alleged larger conspiracy case linked with the Delhi riots 2020.
The riots broke out in the national capital in February 2020 as clashes between the anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) and pro-CAA protesters took a violent turn, in which more than 50 people lost their lives and over 700 were injured.
With inputs from IANS