Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Of Bail Pleas Of Umar Khalid & Others In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case Till September 22

The Supreme Court today (September 19) adjourned till Monday (September 21) the hearing of the petitions filed by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima and Shifa Ur Rehman seeking bail in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.

The petitions were listed before a bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Manmohan.

The matter was listed on September 12 before a bench comprising Justice Kumar and Justice NV Anjaria, but it was adjourned as the Court expressed difficulty about taking up these matters, saying that the files of the supplementary list were received only at 2.30 night.

The petitions have been filed against the Delhi High Court's judgment delivered on September 2, dismissing their bail applications. A division bench comprising Justice Naveen Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur had pronounced the judgment in FIR 59 of 2020, registered by Delhi Police's Special Cell.

The petitioners, who were student activists in the forefront of organising anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in 2019-2020, are facing charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the Indian Penal Code for allegedly formulating the "larger conspiracy" behind the communal riots which took place in the national capital in the last week of February 2020.

The accused in the case are Tahir Hussain, Umar Khalid, Khalid Saifi, Isharat Jahan, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, Shifa-Ur-Rehman, Asif Iqbal Tanha(granted bail in 2021), Shadab Ahmed, Tasleem Ahmed, Saleem Malik, Mohd. Saleem Khan, Athar Khan, Safoora Zargar(granted bail on humanitarian grounds as she was pregnant when arrested), Sharjeel Imam, Faizan Khan, Devangana Kalita (granted bail) and Natasha Narwal(granted bail).

September 2 judgment denied bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Athar Khan, Khalid Saifi, Mohd Saleem Khan, Shifa ur Rehman, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima and Shadab Ahmed. The petitioners have been in custody for over five years.

Case Details:

1. UMAR KHALID v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI|SLP(Crl) No. 14165/2025,

2. GULFISHA FATIMA v STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI )|SLP(Crl) No. 13988/2025

3. SHARJEEL IMAM v THE STATE NCT OF DELHI|SLP(Crl) No. 14030/2025

4. MEERAN HAIDER v. THE STATE NCT OF DELHI | SLP(Crl) No./14132/2025

5. SHIFA UR REHMAN v STATE OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY|SLP(Crl) No. 14859/2025

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