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Delhi High Court on September 2 denied bail to 9 folks, together with Khalid and Imam, saying “conspiratorial” violence beneath the garb of demonstrations or protests by residents couldn’t be allowed
Updated – October 31, 2025 10:32 am IST
Students Leader Umar Khalid. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini
On October 27, 2025, a Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria deferred the matter to October 31 after Additional Solicitor-General S.V. Raju, showing for the Delhi Police, sought extra time to file a counter-affidavit.
The Delhi Police on Thursday (October 30, 2025) argued within the Supreme Court that former JNU scholar chief Umar Khalid and his co-accused conspired to make use of “sponsored” anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests as a camouflage and a “radicalising catalyst” to engineer nation-wide communal riots to attain the ultimate purpose of a regime change.
The police stated Khalid, who has been behind bars for 5 years with out bail, and others like Sharjeel Imam, Meeran Haider, Shifa Ur Rahman, Mohd. Saleem Khan and Gulfisha Fatima had conspired to instigate communal riots and armed rise up to coincide with the go to of U.S. President Donald Trump to India. They wished to seize the eye of the worldwide media and painting CAA as a pogrom in opposition to the Muslim group right here, the police affidavit stated.
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October 31, 2025 10:32
SC raps Delhi police for delay in submitting response to bail pleas of 2020 riots accused
The Supreme Court on Monday (October 27, 2025) expressed displeasure over the Delhi Police’s failure to file counter-affidavits to the bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, and Shifa-ur-Rehman within the bigger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots.Additional Solicitor-General S.V. Raju, showing for the Delhi Police, sought two extra weeks to file the counter-affidavit, stating that he was showing within the matter for the primary time and was unaware of the sooner proceedings.
Declining the request, a Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria noticed that the police had already been granted ample alternative. “You could also be showing for the primary time, however we’ve granted ample time. Last time, we bear in mind, we stated subject discover. Then we stated in open court docket that we might hear this matter on October 27 and dispose it off,” the Bench advised Mr. Raju.
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SC raps Delhi police for delay in submitting response to bail pleas of 2020 riots accused
Supreme Court criticizes Delhi Police for delays in responding to bail pleas of 2020 riots accused, highlighting extended custody.
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October 31, 2025 10:32
Khalid, co-accused used CAA protests to aim ‘regime change’: Delhi Police to SC
The Delhi Police on Thursday (October 30, 2025) argued within the Supreme Court that former JNU scholar chief Umar Khalid and his co-accused conspired to make use of “sponsored” anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests as a camouflage and a “radicalising catalyst” to engineer nation-wide communal riots to attain the ultimate purpose of a regime change.The police stated Khalid, who has been behind bars for 5 years with out bail, and others like Sharjeel Imam, Meeran Haider, Shifa Ur Rahman, Mohd. Saleem Khan and Gulfisha Fatima had conspired to instigate communal riots and armed rise up to coincide with the go to of U.S. President Donald Trump to India. They wished to seize the eye of the worldwide media and painting CAA as a pogrom in opposition to the Muslim group right here, the police affidavit stated.
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Khalid, co-accused used CAA protests to aim ‘regime change’: Delhi Police to SC
Delhi authorities counters bail pleas of Umar Khalid and others, citing sturdy proof of involvement in 2020 riots forward of Supreme Court listening to.
Published – October 31, 2025 10:31 am IST








