New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others till November 25. These bail pleas related to the larger conspiracy of Delhi riots of February 2020. These pleas were listed before the new division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur.
The court did not assemble and bail pleas adjourned for the next date. The court master gave a date of November 25.
Earlier, these please were being heard by the division bench headed by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait. Now justice Kait has been transferred to the Madhya Pradesh High Court as chief justice.
On August 29, Division bench had listed the matter related to bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Abdul Khalid Saifi, Gulfisha Fatima, Sharjeel Imam, Shadab Ahmed and other accused persons for final hearing October 7. The High Court on July 24 issued notice to Delhi police Umar Khalid’s plea. Other pleas are pending before the High Court.
Former JNU Student leader and accused in Larger Conspiracy of Delhi riots 2020 Umar Khalid has moved Delhi High Court seeking bail in an UAPA case. He is one of accused in the larger Conspiracy of Delhi riots case 2020.
Umar Khalid is in custody since September 2020. In this investigation is still going on after filing of charge sheet and supplementary charge sheets.