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Supreme Court Defers Bail Hearings for Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam to Sept. 19

The bench said it could not review case files that reached their homes after midnight.

Imam, the first to appeal the high court order, has cited prolonged incarceration—five years and six months since his January 28, 2020 arrest—as grounds for bail. Khalid, arrested on September 13, 2020, has raised a similar argument. (HT Archive)
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Overview

  • The hearings for bail pleas by Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid and others in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case were adjourned after Justices Aravind Kumar and N. V. Anjaria received voluminous records at about 2:30am.
  • The Supreme Court set the next hearing for September 19, covering petitions that challenge the Delhi High Court’s September 2 order refusing bail to nine accused under the UAPA.
  • The high court described the accused persons’ roles as prima facie grave, citing extensive material such as WhatsApp chats, pamphlet distribution and allegedly inflammatory speeches, and referred to Khalid and Imam as intellectual architects.
  • Police allege a coordinated conspiracy around anti-CAA protests intended to mobilise violence during then‑President Donald Trump’s Delhi visit, with charges framed under the UAPA.
  • Amnesty International and six other global rights groups urged Khalid’s immediate release, noting at least four bail denials and repeated adjournments of his Supreme Court plea over the past year.