Delhi high court on Monday deferred the bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid (R) and Sharjeel Imam (L) in the UAPA case
Police have also stated that the present bail pleas are in the teeth of the top court’s January 5 order, which asked them to seek release only after completion of the examination of protected witnesses or after one year, whichever is earlier. A bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Dinesh Bhatt deferred the hearing after the Delhi Police counsel sought an adjournment, news agency PTI reported.
The Delhi Police has opposed the pleas in the high court, asserting that the two are “masterminds” of the riots, PTI reported. Arguing that they cannot seek bail on parity with other co-accused in the case, police have stated that the Supreme Court had earlier categorised them as being “command authority” and ruled that their “risk profiles” justified “continuing detention”. Activist Khalid Saifi and former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain, among others, were also booked for alleged involvement in the larger conspiracy case, being investigated by the Delhi Police’s Special Cell.
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday listed for hearing on September 30 the bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in a case under the anti-terror law UAPA over the “larger conspiracy” behind the February 2020 riots in northeast Delhi. The court on Monday also deferred the hearing of Tahir Hussain’s bail plea in the case and listed it in November.