Former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) scholar Umar Khalid has approached the Delhi High Court seeking bail in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. .The case is listed for hearing before the Division Bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Amit Sharma on July 22 (Monday). Khalid was arrested in September 2020 and charged with criminal conspiracy, rioting, unlawful assembly as well as several other offences under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). He has been in jail since then.This is the second round of his bail plea. .The trial court had first denied bail to him in March 2022. He then approached the High Court which also denied him relief in October 2022, prompting him to file an appeal before the top court.In May 2023, the Supreme Court sought the response of the Delhi Police in the matter. His plea before the top court was then adjourned 14 times.On February 14, 2024 he withdrew his bail plea from the Supreme Court citing a change in circumstances.A Supreme Court bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal was slated to hear the matter on February 14 when Khalid's counsel, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, informed the Court that the bail plea was being withdrawn."We wish to withdraw due to a change of circumstances and move the trial court for appropriate relief," Sibal had said.On May 28, the trial court rejected his second bail petition.
Former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) scholar Umar Khalid has approached the Delhi High Court seeking bail in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. .The case is listed for hearing before the Division Bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Amit Sharma on July 22 (Monday). Khalid was arrested in September 2020 and charged with criminal conspiracy, rioting, unlawful assembly as well as several other offences under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). He has been in jail since then.This is the second round of his bail plea. .The trial court had first denied bail to him in March 2022. He then approached the High Court which also denied him relief in October 2022, prompting him to file an appeal before the top court.In May 2023, the Supreme Court sought the response of the Delhi Police in the matter. His plea before the top court was then adjourned 14 times.On February 14, 2024 he withdrew his bail plea from the Supreme Court citing a change in circumstances.A Supreme Court bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal was slated to hear the matter on February 14 when Khalid's counsel, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, informed the Court that the bail plea was being withdrawn."We wish to withdraw due to a change of circumstances and move the trial court for appropriate relief," Sibal had said.On May 28, the trial court rejected his second bail petition.
