- By Shivam Shandilya
- Wed, 18 Dec 2024 04:39 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Umar Khalid Bail: Former JNU student leader Umar Khalid was granted interim bail on Wednesday to attend his cousin's wedding ceremony. The Karkardooma Court has granted bail for a period of seven days for this.
Delhi | Umar Khalid, former student leader of JNU, has been granted interim bail to attend the marriage functions of his cousin. The Karkardooma court has approved the bail for a period of seven days for the purpose.
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Khalid is currently in judicial custody in a larger conspiracy case related to the 2020 North East Delhi violence. The court has granted interim bail to him from December 28 to January 3 to attend a family event. His bail plea, meanwhile, remains pending before a bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur of the Delhi High Court.
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The popular JNU student leader has been denied regular bail several times. He was arrested by the Delhi Police and has been in jail since September 2020 in an Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) case related to the riots. In the last four years, the Delhi police have filed charge sheets and supplementary charge sheets in the ongoing investigation.
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In July this year, the Delhi HC issued a notice on Khalid's bail plea and asked the Delhi Police to file its reply. Earlier, Justice Amit Sharma of the Delhi High Court recused himself from hearing Khalid's plea. After this, a bench presided over by Justice Prathiba M. Singh directed the matter to be listed before a different bench.
A Delhi court on May 28 rejected Khalid's application seeking bail on the grounds of delay in completion of trial proceedings and parity with other co-accused who had been enlarged on bail. Before this, a trial court in April 2022 dismissed Khalid's first bail application, and later the Delhi High Court also rejected his appeal.
Khalid, in February this year, withdrew his special leave petition filed before the Supreme Court seeking bail due to "change in circumstances", and sought liberty to apply afresh for bail before the trial court. He has been booked under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA and several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
(With input from agencies)