In connection with the broader conspiracy case pertaining to the Delhi riots, student activist and scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Umar Khalid, withdrew his bail request from the Supreme Court on Wednesday, February 14.
“Change in circumstances”
Citing a “change in circumstances,” he filed that “he will try his luck” in a lower court through his attorney Kapil Sibal.
“We would like to withdraw the bail matter. The court was cited by LiveLaw as saying, “There has been a change in circumstances; we will try our luck in the trial court,” by Khalid’s attorney Kapil Sibal.
Khalid’s petition was dismissed as withdrawn by the bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal of the highest court. Khalid’s petition was dismissed as withdrawn by the bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal of the highest court.
S.Q.R. Ilyas, Khalid’s father, mentioned the lengthy adjournments in the bail plea in an interview with The Wire, without going into detail about the “change in circumstances.”
Several hearing without conclusions for Umar Khalid
There have been multiple adjournments since May 2023. We were evaluating that the situation has changed and that this is a drawn-out process. Thus, we made the decision to remand the trial court in the hopes of receiving a prompt ruling. So now we’ll give it a shot there,” he said.
In September 2020, Khalid was taken into custody under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in relation to a case involving the communal violence that broke out in North-East Delhi in February of that same year.