Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case: Supreme Court Reserves Verdict in Bail Pleas of Umar Khalid and Other 5 Accused

Today (December 10, 2025), the Supreme Court (SC) of India was hearing bail petitions in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, filed by six accused, Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shadab Ahmed, and Mohd Saleem Khan. The two-judge bench of the SC, constituting Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice NV Anjaria, reserved its verdict in the bail petitions. The accused have been under custody for over 5 years, facing serious allegations of committing offences under the UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act). The SC bench said, “Advocates appearing for both the sides having argued for considerable length of time and have produced authorities, memos, short synopsis, long synopsis, written arguments, charts, list of dates, list of events, etc as and when oral arguments were tendered. For the purposes of convenience, it was taken on record, and now we call upon the advocates from amongst them shall entrust the said documents to be collated, collected and compiled in one single convenience compilation. The same would also equally apply to the counsel appearing for the respondents who shall also compile the same and file in the court. The said exercise shall be undertaken and completed by December 18, so that before vacations, we can take a decision.”