[BREAKING] Umar Khalid granted 7-day interim bail by Delhi court to attend sister's wedding

Delhi Riots accused Umar Khalid was on Monday granted interim bail for 7 days in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act case related to Delhi riots, which took place in February, 2020 [Umar Khalid v. State]..Additional sessions judge Amitabh Rawat, who reserved the order on December 7, allowed Khalid the reprieve to enable him to attend his sister's wedding.The court directed his release from prison on December 23 following which he would surrender on December 30.Khalid, arrested on September 13, 2020 in the case, has spent over two years in prison. He had sought 14 days' relief to attend the wedding of his sister.A detailed order including the conditions of the interim bail is awaited..Senior Advocate Trideep Pais on the last occasion had argued that Khalid was willing to abide by any conditions imposed by the court, including having to provide his live location. He cited judgments where interim bail was granted in UAPA cases subject to certain conditions.Pais had further suggested that the condition of not giving any media interviews, as imposed by the Supreme Court on Siddique Kappan while granting him interim bail, could be imposed on Khalid."Siddique Kappan granted interim bail by Supreme Court. A condition was put. Please see the condition put - that condition may be put on me. During his visit- he shall not give any media interviews. Not media public persons... Agreed I won't. Only family and relatives," he had said..On the apprehension that Khalid was likely to spread misinformation and cause unrest by speaking, Pais had reiterated that Khalid was undertaking to not give any interviews.Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad had claimed that the judgments cited by Khalid were inapplicable to the case. He said,"Here we are in a situation that his bail has been rejected. So far as Siddique Kappan is concerned, it was by Supreme Court... if it is passed by this court, then they will say freedom of expression will be agitated. Tomorrow everybody will say..."