Delhi riots case: Court issues release orders for fifth accused granted bail

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A Delhi tribunal connected Thursday (January 8, 2026) issued merchandise orders for Shahdab Ahmed, who was granted bail on with 4 others by the Supreme Court successful the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots conspiracy case.

Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai accepted the bail enslaved of ₹2 lakh on with 2 section sureties of the similar magnitude furnished by Mr. Khan and issued his merchandise orders.

The merchandise bid was issued aft Delhi Police submitted the verification study of each enslaved sureties and documents filed by the accused successful the court.

The tribunal noted that the accused had fulfilled each bail conditions imposed by the Supreme Court.

Earlier connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026), the tribunal ordered the Delhi Police to bash the verification of documents and sureties submitted by the accused.

The different 4 accused walked retired of jailhouse connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026) aft a tribunal present issued their merchandise orders.

On Monday (January 5, 2026), the apex tribunal had refused bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam but granted the aforesaid to the 5 different accused, citing hierarchy of information and saying each the accused successful the lawsuit bash not basal connected the aforesaid footing.

There was a prima facie lawsuit against Mr. Khalid and Mr. Imam nether the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria had said.

The apical tribunal connected Monday (January 5, 2026) imposed 11 conditions portion granting bail to the 5 accused. If the conditions are violated, the proceedings tribunal volition beryllium astatine liberty to cancel the bail aft proceeding the accused, the Supreme Court had said.

It had ordered them to execute a idiosyncratic enslaved of ₹2 lakh with 2 section sureties of the similar sum to the restitution of the proceedings court.

It besides directed them to stay wrong the National Capital Territory of Delhi and not permission its territorial limits without anterior support of the proceedings court.

Any question petition shall disclose reasons, and specified prayer/request shall beryllium considered by the proceedings tribunal strictly connected its merits, the Bench said.

Additionally, the tribunal ordered the 5 accused to surrender their passports and directed them to furnish their existent residential addresses, interaction numbers, and email addresses to the investigating serviceman and the proceedings court.

The respective counsel for the accused moved an exertion earlier the tribunal seeking 3 to 4 days to taxable the details.

They submitted that the mobile phones of the accused had not been functional for a agelong play and assured the tribunal that the details would beryllium furnished erstwhile entree is restored.

The tribunal besides directed that the accused cannot straight oregon indirectly contact, influence, intimidate oregon effort to interaction immoderate witnesser oregon immoderate idiosyncratic connected to the proceedings, nor subordinate with oregon enactment successful the activities of immoderate radical oregon organisation linked to the contiguous FIR.

Published - January 08, 2026 05:20 p.m. IST

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