Overview

• Khalid’s filing follows earlier Supreme Court petitions by Sharjeel Imam and Gulfisha Fatima challenging the same High Court decision.
• On September 2, the Delhi High Court dismissed nine bail pleas in the case, stating that violence disguised as protest cannot be permitted under the Constitution.
• A separate High Court bench the same day rejected the bail plea of co-accused Tasleem Ahmed.
• Police characterize the 2020 northeast Delhi violence as a planned conspiracy, and the case includes UAPA and IPC charges linked to riots that killed 53 and injured over 700.
• The accused have remained in custody since 2020, with defense arguments centered on prolonged incarceration and parity with co-accused who received bail earlier.