The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others in the UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots in Delhi. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria heard arguments.
Strongly opposing the bail pleas, the Delhi Police had said the February 2020 riots were not something spontaneous, but an”orchestrated, pre-planned and well-designed attack on India’s sovereignty.
Umar, Sharjeel and other accused were booked under the anti-terror law, UAPA, for allegedly being the masterminds of the 2020 riots, which left 53 people dead and over 700 injured.
The violence erupted during widespread protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
The accused have moved the apex court challenging the Delhi High Court’s 2nd September order denying them bail in the larger conspiracy case of the riots.
