Delhi Police reply sought on Umar Khalid’s plea for bail in UAPA case related to 2020 Delhi riots
The Hindu
Umar Khalid has challenged the Delhi High Court order refusing him bail in the UAPA case in which he is in custody for over two years
The Supreme Court on May 18 sought a response of the Delhi Police on a plea of former JNU student Umar Khalid seeking bail in a UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the riots here in February 2020.
A bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Hima Kohli issued notice to the Delhi government and sought its response in six weeks.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Mr. Khalid, pointed out to some dates and said that on the date of incident he was not there.
The bench said it is issuing notice and granted liberty to seek listing of the matter vacation bench. Mr. Sibal said that the matter be listed after the vacation.
The bench then posted the matter for further hearing after the summer vacation of the apex court, which is starting from May 22 and coming to end on July 2.
In his appeal, Mr. Khalid has challenged the Delhi High Court order refusing him bail in the UAPA case in which he is in custody for over two years.
On October 18, last year, the high court had rejected his bail plea saying he was in constant touch with other co-accused and allegations against him are prima facie true.
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