A Delhi court on Wednesday granted seven days int✃🦋erim bail to former JNU student Umar Khalid, accused in the conspiracy case connected to February, 2020 riots, to attend a family event.
Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts granted him the reprieve for seve⛦n days to attend a family wedding.
Khalid is an accused in the alleged larger cons✤piracy behind the🗹 2020 northeast Delhi riots.
Accor💛ding to Bar and Bench, the judge wh🦹ile granting bail stated, "Considering the fact that the applicant wishes to attend the marriage of his first cousin and meet his relatives, the court deems it just and appropriate to grant him the desired relief."
Reportedly, Khalid was also directed to furnish a personal bond of Rs 20,000 along with two s🥃ureties of the same amount🐟 ahead of the bail.
The Court has also🌳 ordered Khalid not to use social media while on interi𝔉m bail.
Other conditions include:
He can only meet his family, relativ❀es, and friends.
He must stay at 𒈔home or attend marriage c꧒eremonies.
Umar Khalid must surrender to the Jail Superinten𓄧dent on the evening of January 3, 2025.
Umar Khalid was denied bail by the Delhi High Court in October 2022. He subsequently approached the Supreme Court but withdrew his Special Leave Petition (SLP).
A second regular bail plea filed b⭕y Khalid in the trial court was rejected earlier that year, and his appeal agai𝕴nst this rejection was pending before the Delhi High Court.
Khalid faced charges i♏n FIR 59 of 2020, registered by the Delhi Police's Special Cell under multi🀅ple provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
The case involved several accused individuals, including Tahir Hussain, Khalid Saifi, Isharat Jahan, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, Shifa-Ur-Rehman, Asif Iqbal Tanha, Shadab Ahmed, Tasleem Ahmed, Saleem Malik, Mohd. Saleem Khan, Athar Khan, Safoora Zargar, Sharjeel Imam, Faizan Khan, and Natasha Narwal, all facing se꧑rious charges related to the 2020 Delhi riots.
