Umar Khalid
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2020 Delhi riots: Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam denied bail by HC in 'larger conspiracy' case
India | Sep 02, 2025, 04:11 PM ISTKhalid, Imam and others were booked under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and provisions of IPC for allegedly being the "masterminds" of the February 2020 riots, which left 53 people dead and over 700 injured. The violence erupted during the protests against the CAA and NRC.
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Umar Khalid gets interim bail by court to attend cousin's wedding in 2020 Delhi riots case
Delhi | Dec 18, 2024, 04:25 PM ISTDelhi Violence conspiracy case: Umar Khalid is currently in Judicial Custody in connection with a larger conspiracy case related to the 2020 North East Delhi Violence.
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Delhi riots: Supreme Court adjourns Umar Khalid bail plea hearing again: Check the next date here
India | Jan 10, 2024, 01:50 PM ISTThe Supreme Court bench decided to adjourn the hearing following requests for adjournment from senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Khalid, and Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, representing the Delhi police.
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Delhi riots 2020: Supreme Court adjourns hearing on Umar Khalid's plea seeking bail in UAPA case
India | Sep 05, 2023, 02:16 PM ISTThe matter was deferred by a bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Dipankar Datta as senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Khalid, was not available.
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Umar Khalid case's bail plea: SC judge recuses himself from hearing matter in UAPA case
India | Aug 09, 2023, 02:11 PM ISTThe petioner challenged the Delhi High Court's order on October 18, 2022 in which the bail plea was rejected in the matter.
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Umar Khalid and Khalid Saifia acquitted in stone-throwing case linked to 2020 Delhi riots
India | Dec 03, 2022, 04:46 PM ISTKhalid has moved an application before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat seeking interim bail for two weeks for his sister's marriage.
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Umar Khalid to stay in jail as Delhi HC dismisses plea, says, 'no merit'
India | Oct 18, 2022, 07:30 PM ISTDelhi 2020 riots case: Umar Khalid had been arrested by Delhi Police in September 2020 under the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and provisions of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly being the "masterminds" of the February 2020 riots.
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Delhi riots: High Court to hear bail pleas of Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid together on May 6
India | Apr 29, 2022, 01:16 PM ISTHearing pleas, a division bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul, Rajnish Bhatnagar noted that a matter challenging constitutional validity of offence of Sedition under Section 124A of IPC is pending for hearing before SC on May 5.
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Umar Khalid, accused in Delhi riots case, denied bail
India | Mar 24, 2022, 01:04 PM ISTAdditional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat had reserved the order on Mar 3 after hearing arguments from the counsel appearing for Khalid and the prosecution.
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Delhi riots: Police opposes Umar Khalid's bail, says 'idea was to bring govt to knees'
India | Jan 11, 2022, 06:38 PM ISTThe investigation in the case revealed that firearms, petrol bombs, acid attacks, sticks, iron rods, stone-pelting through pre-fabricated large-sized slingshots were used to attack and kill police personnel, government employees, and public persons.
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Delhi riots: Hearing in Umar Khalid's bail plea adjourned to October 9
India | Sep 23, 2021, 02:54 PM ISTThe hearing was adjourned to next month as Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat is on leave. This was informed to Khalid's counsels by the court staff through video conference.
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Delhi riots: Police opposes Umar Khalid's bail plea, says it will show 'prima facie' case
India | Jul 27, 2021, 07:05 PM ISTIn reply to Khalid's bail plea, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Alok Kumar said the prosecution would demonstrate the prima facie case against him before the court by referring to the charge sheet filed in the case.
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Arrested ex-JNU student Umar Khalid tests Covid-19 positive, isolated at Tihar Jail
India | Apr 26, 2021, 11:43 AM ISTFormer JNU student Umar Khalid has tested positive for Covid-19. Khalid is currently lodged at Delhi's high-security Tihar Jail.
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Umar Khalid gets bail in Delhi riots case, court asks him to install Aarogya Setu App in phone
India | Apr 15, 2021, 08:36 PM ISTThough Khalid has been granted bail in this case, he will remain in jail as he is also accused in some other cases including one related to the criminal conspiracy lodged under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
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Delhi riots: Prima facie Umar Khalid, Tahir Hussain, others conspired together, says court
India | Jan 06, 2021, 09:31 AM ISTCommunal violence had broken out in northeast Delhi on February 24 last year after clashes between citizenship law supporters and protesters spiralled out of control leaving at least 53 people dead and around 200 injured.
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Jamia Violence Anniversary: Students, Umar Khalid's kin take out candle march, stopped by police
India | Dec 16, 2020, 11:25 AM ISTThe students claimed that 14 of the protestors, including Umar Khalid''s mother and sisters, were detained, but the police denied it.
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Jamia violence anniversary: Protesters take out candle march, detained
News | Dec 16, 2020, 09:35 AM ISTA group of protesters organised a candle light march in Jamia Nagar on Tuesday evening to mark the first anniversary of the violence in Jamia Millia Islamia over protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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How Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid plotted violence in Jamia, Shaheen Bagh, Aligarh over volatile issues
Aaj Ki Baat | Nov 25, 2020, 10:26 PM ISTThe accused persons in the recent Delhi riots allegedly committed a “crime against humanity” carried out in an “extremely brutal”, “grotesque” and “dastardly” manner, police has said in its supplementary charge sheet filed in a case in a court here.
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Delhi riots: JNU students Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam named in supplementary charge sheet
India | Nov 25, 2020, 10:16 PM ISTThe charge sheet, which names former JNU student leader Umar Khalid and JNU student Sharjeel Imam as accused, said there was a “tacit understanding” between the accused persons to carry out an “illegal” act.
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Delhi riots: Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid named in supplementary charge sheet
News | Nov 25, 2020, 03:20 PM ISTDelhi Police alleged that Sharjeel Imam's academic, religious and oratory instincts were to become an asset for the key conspirators of the case in the days to come.