Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam were denied bail by the Supreme Court on Monday in the Delhi riots case.
The Supreme Court on Monday denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots case. However, the SC granted bail to five other accused Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa Ur Rehman, Mohd. Saleem Khan, and Shadab Ahmad.
A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria granted bail to the other Delhi riots case accused, observing that Khalid and Imam stood on a “qualitatively different footing” in terms of both the prosecution’s case and the evidence placed on record.
The top court noted that the roles attributed to Khalid and Imam were “central” to the alleged offences. It held that although their incarceration had been prolonged, it did not violate constitutional safeguards or override the statutory restrictions under applicable laws.
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