Sharjeel Imam Moves Supreme Court Against Bail Denial In Delhi Riots 2020 Case

Last Updated:September 06, 2025, 21:14 IST

Sharjeel Imam appealed to the Supreme Court after the Delhi HC denied bail to him and others in the 2020 Delhi riots case, citing grave conspiracy and prolonged incarceration.

Sharjeel Imam (File)

Sharjeel Imam moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court order denying him bail in the 2020 Delhi riots case. Imam was arrested on January 28, 2020.

The matter is yet to be listed for hearing before the Apex Court.

The Delhi High Court, on September 2, denied bail to Sharjeel Imam and 8 others, including Umar Khalid, Mohd Saleem Khan, Shifa Ur Rehman, Athar Khan, Meeran Haider, Shadab Ahmed, Abdul Khalid Saifi and Gulfisha Fatima.

The Delhi High Court, in its order, noted that the alleged role of Imam and Umar Khalid in the conspiracy appeared “grave," having delivered inflammatory speeches on communal lines to “instigate mass mobilisation of members of the Muslim community."

Imam has appealed against the Delhi High Court’s September 2 ruling by a division bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur, which denied him bail.

He argued that their prolonged incarceration without charges being framed amounted to a denial of justice.

Several of their bail applications had been pending since 2022, and they argued that the delay in the trial was the main ground for seeking relief.

Delhi Riots 2020

In February 2020, the riots broke out in Delhi after clashes over the proposed Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) — which left around 50 people dead, and a hundred others injured, as per reports.

The case in question pertains to the allegations that the accused conspired to orchestrate the violence. The FIR, registered by the Delhi Police Special Cell, invoked provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

Many of the accused are booked in multiple FIRs, leading to several bail petitions in different courts. Most have been in custody since 2020. Imam has also been named in several FIRs across states, primarily under sedition and UAPA provisions.

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