Delhi riots case LIVE: Supreme Court to pronounce verdict in bail pleas of Umar Khalid, others

The appellants, including Umar Khalid (in picture) are accused of being the ‘masterminds’ down the 2020 riots successful Delhi. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement

The Supreme Court is scheduled connected Monday (January 5, 2026) to pronounce judgement successful the bail pleas of erstwhile Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) pupil leader, Umar Khalid, and different accused persons successful an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act lawsuit related to the alleged “larger conspiracy” down the February 2020 riots successful the nationalist capital.

A Bench headed by Justice Aravind Kumar had reserved its verdict successful December 2025 connected abstracted peculiar permission petitions filed by the accused persons against a September 2 determination of the Delhi High Court denying them bail. 

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Besides Mr. Khalid, the different appellants see Gulfisha Fatima, Sharjeel Imam, Meeran Haider, Shifa Ur Rehman, Mohd Saleem Khan, and Shadab Ahmed. They person sought bail chiefly connected the crushed of prolonged incarceration without proceedings for the past 5 years. 

Mr. Khalid, Mr. Imam and the others were accused of being the “masterminds” down the riots, which near 53 radical dormant and implicit 700 injured. Violence had erupted during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens.

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