Delhi High Court To Pronounce Order On Umar Khalid's Bail Plea On Tuesday

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday will pronounce its order on the bail appeal moved by student activist Umar Khalid, who is in custody in the larger conspiracy case of Northeast Delhi riots.

A division bench comprising of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar will be pronouncing the order at 2:15 PM.

The bench had reserved its decision on September 9.

Khalid had moved High Court after he was denied bail by city's Karkardooma Court on March 24. He was arrested on 13 September, 2020 and has been under custody since.

The FIR against Umar Khalid contains stringent charges including Sections 13, 16, 17, 18 of the UAPA, Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act and Section 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act,1984.

The main charge sheet was initially filed against Pinjara Tod members and JNU students Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal, Jamia Millia Islamia student Asif Iqbal Tanha and student activist Gulfisha Fatima.

Others who have been charge-sheeted include former Congress Councilor Ishrat Jahan, Jamia Coordination Committee members Safoora Zargar, Meeran Haider and Shifa-Ur-Rehman, former Aam Aadmi Party Councilor Tahir Hussain, activist Khalid Saifi, Shadab Ahmed, Tasleem Ahmed, Mohd Salim Khan and Athar Khan.

Thereafter, a supplementary charge-sheet was filed against Umar Khalid and JNU student Sharjeel Imam. Zargar, Kalita, Narwal, Tanha and Jahan have already been granted bail by the courts in the case.

In the bail appeal, Khalid's counsel had started arguments on April 22 and concluded on July 28. The prosecution began arguments on August 1 and concluded on September 07. The order was reserved on September 9. Khalid has been in custody for past 764 days.

Read our reports on what all was argued in the appeal: 

April 22: Umar Khalid's Speech Prima Facie Not Acceptable, Obnoxious: Delhi High Court While Issuing Notice On Bail Plea

April 26: Umar Khalid's Bail Rightly Rejected By Trial Court, Narratives Sought To Be Created Can't Be Looked Into As Defence During Bail: Prosecution To High Court

April 27: Is It Proper To Use Word 'Jumla' Against PM? There Has To Be 'Lakshman Rekha' For Criticism : Delhi HC On Umar Khalid's Speech

April 29: SC's Verdict On Validity Of Sedition Law Will Have A Bearing: Delhi High Court Adjourns Bail Pleas Of Umar Khalid & Sharjeel Imam To May 6

May 6: Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case: High Court Grants One Week For Filing Relevant Documents, Adjourns Umar Khalid & Sharjeel Imam's Bail Pleas

May 20: [Delhi Riots] Using 'Revolution' Word In Amravati Speech Not A Crime, No Call For Violence: Umar Khalid Argues For Bail In Delhi High Court

May 23: Protestors In Anti-CAA Agitation Want To Be A Part Of India, Did Not Terrorize Or Threaten Sovereignty: Umar Khalid Argues For Bail In Delhi HC

May 24: [Delhi Riots] Umar Khalid In Prison Since 2 Yrs Merely On Basis Of A Hearsay Witness Statement Unrelated To Violence: Argument For Bail In High Court

May 25: [Delhi Riots] Can't Test Veracity Of Witness Statements At Stage Of Bail Under UAPA: High Court While Hearing Umar Khalid's Bail Plea

May 30: "Speech In Bad Taste Does Not Make It A Terrorist Act": Delhi High Court On Umar Khalid's Amravati Speech In Bail Hearing

July 4: Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy: High Court Adjourns Hearing In Bail Pleas Of Umar Khalid & Sharjeel Imam Till July 27

July 28: [Delhi Riots] Umar Khalid's Membership Of WhatsApp Groups Can't Make Him Criminally Liable: Argument For Bail Before Delhi High Court

Aug 1: [Delhi Riots] Essence Of Speeches Made By Accused Persons Was To Create Sense Of Fear In Muslim Population: Prosecution Argues In High Court

Aug 23: [Delhi Riots] Shaheen Bagh Not An Independent Movement, Protest Sites Planned In Close Proximity To Masjids: Prosecution Tells High Court

Sep 7: Delhi Riots: Prosecution Concludes Arguments In Umar Khalid's Bail Appeal Before High Court, Says Trial Court Dealt With Every Aspect

Sep 9: [Delhi Riots] Is Opposition To CAA, Scrapping Of Article 370 Illegal In Itself? Umar Khalid In Bail Hearing, High Court Reserves Judgment