The trial court has granted two weeks of interim bail to Umar Khalid during hearing of 2020 Delhi riots case. The bail has been granted from December 16-29.
The jailed activist had moved the Karkardooma Court to seek interim bail to attend his sisters’ wedding later this month.
Opposing the bail plea of Umar Khalid and others in the case of a larger conspiracy behind the 2020 communal riots in the Capital, in September 2025 the Delhi Police told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that what happened was “not a spontaneous riot” but “an attack against the sovereignty of the nation”.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria that he “would like the myth to be busted” that “there was a protest and it resulted in communal riots”.
“…This was not a spontaneous riot but a well-designed, well-crafted, well-orchestrated, preplanned, choreographed riot… It was an attack against the sovereignty of the nation… [In] statement after statement, there is a clear and discernible attempt to divide the society on communal lines…,” he said.
“For example”, accused Sharjeel Imam had said, “It is my heartfelt wish that there is a chakka jam not just in Delhi but for every city where Muslims reside…,” the SG said.
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