A Delhi Court on Tuesday (May 28) denied bail to former JNU scholar and activist Umar Khalid in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots larger conspiracy case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, reported Live Law.
Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts dismissed Khalid’s second regular bail plea. Khalid had filed this new bail plea after withdrawing his previous one from the Supreme Court. He had earlier challenged the Delhi High Court’s decision denying him bail in October 2022.
Khalid then submitted a new application under Section 437 of the Cr.P.C read with Section 43D (5) of the UAPA. His initial plea for regular bail was dismissed by the trial court in March 2022.
Khalid has been in custody since September 2020, awaiting trial under the UAPA for his alleged involvement in the larger conspiracy related to the communal violence that erupted in February 2020 in the national capital.
He has been accused alongside others, including Pinjra Tod members Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal, Jamia Millia Islamia student Asif Iqbal Tanha, and student activist Gulfisha Fatima.
Khalid has been charged under Sections 13, 16, 17, and 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act, 1959, and Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984.