On Wednesday, former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid dropped his bail appeal before the Supreme Court in the February 2020 riots in North-East Delhi.
A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal allowed him to withdraw his bail application.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Khalid, informed the bench that the petition is being withdrawn due to a “change in circumstances” and that he will seek bail again before the trial court.
Sibal said, “Bail matter, we wish to withdraw. There has been a change in circumstances; we will try our luck in the trial court.”
Khalid has been detained as part of a UAPA investigation into the suspected plot behind the February 2020 riots in North-East Delhi.
Khalid had filed a petition with the Supreme Court contesting a Delhi High Court decision from October 2022 that refused him bail.
Khalid was apprehended as part of a UAPA investigation into the alleged plot behind the February 2020 riots in North-East Delhi.
Khalid had filed an appeal with the Supreme Court, challenging a Delhi High Court order from October 2022 that denied him bail.
Umar Khalid was charged with criminal conspiracy, rioting, and unlawful assembly, as well as several provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Besides Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, activist Khalid Saifi, JNU students Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita, Jamia Coordination Committee members Safoora Zargar, former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and several others were booked under the stringent law in the case.
The violence that erupted during the protests against CAA and NRC left 53 people dead and over 700 injured.