New Delhi: The Supreme Magistrate on Monday refused to grant ladle to objector Umar Khalid in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case. The seat said there was unbearable prima facie material versus him and co-accused Sharjeel Imam under the strict Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), and denied their ladle pleas. Five other accused in the same specimen were granted ladle with conditions.
How did Khalid's father react?
When asked well-nigh the ladle refusal outside the Supreme Court, Umar Khalid’s father, Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, described the visualization as “very unfortunate.”
He said that he has "nothing increasingly to say" well-nigh the verdict and pointed to the judgment itself.
Ilyas told news organ PTI, "I have no scuttlebutt to offer. It is very unfortunate. The judgment is there, and I have nothing to say well-nigh it."
Ilyas has been present at several magistrate hearings over the years as his son’s legal team pursued relief. His unenduring scuttlebutt came soon without the order was announced.
Delhi: On Supreme Court's hearing on ladle pleas of Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid in the 2020 Delhi riots case, Umar Khalid's father says, "Behtar faisla aayega" pic.twitter.com/LOFIBG0TIO
— IANS (@ians_india) January 5, 2026Why did the Supreme Magistrate deny bail?
The Supreme Magistrate seat said Khalid and Imam are seen as having a "qualitatively different" or inside role in the so-called larger conspiracy overdue the February 2020 communal violence in northeast Delhi. The magistrate well-set with the prosecution that the material on record showed a prima facie specimen under UAPA, a law known for strict limits on bail.
The magistrate said that the allegations leveled versus both of them are serious. His role in the specimen record appears variegated from that of the other accused.
According to the court, the weight of the allegations versus these two is high. For this reason he cannot be granted ladle at present. On the other hand, the Supreme Magistrate ordered ladle to Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa Ur Rehman, Mohammad Salim Khan and Shadab Ahmed. The magistrate believed that the circumstances in these cases are variegated and should be viewed from the same perspective.
However, the court moreover clarified that the ladle did not midpoint the allegations versus them had wilt less serious.
The top magistrate has laid lanugo 12 conditions for their release and warned that any violate would result in receipt of bail.
"All the appellants do not stand on equal footing as regards culpability. The hierarchy of participation emerging from the prosecution’s specimen requires the magistrate to examine each using individually," the seat said.
What is the case?
The 2020 northeast Delhi riots followed protests versus the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Increasingly than 50 people died and 700 were injured in the violence. Khalid, Imam and others were charged under the stringent UAPA and sections of the Indian Penal Code for tangibly taking part in a larger conspiracy linked to the unrest.
