The Supreme Court on Wednesday (December 3, 2025) will continue its hearing of the bail pleas filed by Umar Khalid and others accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the 2020 Delhi riots ‘larger conspiracy’ case. The Bench is expected to continue hearing the rejoinder submissions on behalf of the accused.
In its hearing on Tuesday (December 2), activists Gulfisha Fatima, Umar Khalid, and Sharjeel Imam told told the Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria that the Delhi Police’s claim of a coordinated “regime change operation” behind the February 2020 Delhi riots finds no mention in the chargesheet, even though it is now being projected as a central plank of the prosecution’s case.
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The three accused, along with Meeran Haider, Shifa-ur-Rehman, Mohammad Saleem Khan, and Shadab Ahmed, have assailed the Delhi High Court’s September 2 order denying them bail. The High Court had described their roles as “grave” and said that the evidence on record suggested a coordinated plan behind the riots, which left 53 people dead and hundreds injured in the national capital.
