SC defers bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha to Sept 19

A bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria said it had received the case files late, leading to the adjournment

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The Supreme Court on Friday deferred to September 19 the hearing of bail pleas filed by activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, and Meeran Haider in connection with the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 Delhi riots.

A bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria said it had received the case files late, leading to the adjournment. The activists are among several accused challenging the September 2 Delhi High Court order that denied bail to nine individuals.

The high court had dismissed the pleas of Khalid, Imam, Fatima, Mohd Saleem Khan, Shifa-ur-Rehman, Athar Khan, Haider, Abdul Khalid Saifi, and Shadab Ahmed. A separate bench of the high court also rejected the bail application of another accused, Tasleem Ahmed, on the same day.