Delhi Riots 2020: High Court Denies Bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam & Others

The court also rejected the bail petitions filed by seven other accused: activist Gulfisha Fatima, United Against Hate (UAH) founder Khalid Saifi, Athar Khan, Mohd Saleem, Shifa ur Rehman, Meeran Haider and Shadaab Ahmed.

“All the appeals are dismissed,” a bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur said while pronouncing the verdict. The high court had reserved its verdict on the bail petitions on July 9.

A coordinate bench of the Delhi high court, comprising justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, also denied bail to Tasleem Ahmad, another co-accused in the same case.