Delhi riots case hearing LIVE: Supreme Court to hear bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam

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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday (October 27, 2025) bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima and Meeran Haider in the UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots in Delhi. A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria is likely to hear the matter.

Delhi High Court on September 2 denied bail to nine people, including Mr. Khalid and Mr. Imam, saying “conspiratorial” violence under the garb of demonstrations or protests by citizens could not be allowed.

Mr. Khalid, Mr. Imam and the rest of the accused persons were booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and provisions of the erstwhile IPC for allegedly being the “masterminds” of the February 2020 riots, which left 53 people dead and over 700 injured.

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'No physical evidence against me’, Umar Khalid tells court
Former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) scholar Umar Khalid told a Delhi court on Friday (October 17, 2025) that there is “no physical evidence” linking him to the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 north-east Delhi riots.
Mr. Khalid said that the police’s charge sheet relies solely on statements recorded months after the incident. The submissions were made before Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai at the Karkardooma Courts, where proceedings have reached the stage of framing charges against the accused persons in the case. The communal violence that erupted in February 2020 claimed 53 lives and left hundreds displaced.
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