Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam got another setback on Saturday in the case of conspiring for Delhi riots. The court rejected the bail pleas of both. Karkardooma Court’s Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai listened to both the parties and refused to grant relief to both the accused.
Let us tell you that in the month of February 2020, riots broke out in North-East Delhi. In this, 53 people lost their lives and more than 700 people were injured. Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam are accused of conspiring to riot. Apart from these two, a case was registered against many other people under UAPA and various sections of the Indian Penal Code.
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‘Continuous imprisonment is a violation of fundamental rights’
In their petition, Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam said that the trial has not started yet. Continuous detention in jail without him is a violation of the fundamental right to liberty. Umar Khalid argued in his petition that even under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), ‘bail is the rule’.
‘I have been in custody for six years, charges have not been framed yet’
Let us tell you that on January 5 this year, Delhi High Court had refused to grant bail in the UAPA case. After this Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam filed new petitions. Sharjeel Imam argued that even after six months of not getting bail from the High Court, no significant progress has been made in the proceedings of this case. I have been in custody for almost six years. Even charges have not been framed in the case yet.
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Umar Khalid said- My petition is worthy of hearing
Omar Khalid referred to a comment of the High Court made on May 18. The two-judge bench was reported to have said that the anti-terrorism law should not be used for indefinite detention. Umar Khalid argued that even though the previous bail petition was rejected by the High Court. But subsequent judicial developments have ‘changed the situation’. For this reason his present bail petition is hearable.
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