Former JNU student activist Umar Khalid, in jail custody for three years in a terror case relating to a “conspiracy” behind the February 2020 Delhi communal riots, on Thursday had his bail hearing adjourned till November 1.
Khalid, whose bail hearing had been adjourned several times before, had sought parity with co-accused Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha who have all received bail.
“He is a young student and PhD scholar and has been in jail for three years. It’s going on and on. What’s happening?” senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Khalid, told the bench of Justices Bela M. Trivedi and Dipankar Datta during a brief hearing.
Sibal said Khalid was not involved in any “overt act” and that the allegations against him related to “some conspiracy” that had not been proved yet. He underscored that co-accused Narwal, Kalita and Tanha had received bail and that the trial was yet to start.
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