Delhi court rejects Umar Khalid interim bail over mother's surgery plea

Key points

• A district court in Delhi’s Karkadooma on Tuesday denied Umar Khalid’s interim bail plea in the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.
• Khalid sought interim bail on two grounds: the decaying health of his mother and the need for surgery, and second, to attend the Chehlum ceremony (the 40-day mourning) of his deceased uncle.
• The bench by the Additional Sessions Judge, Sameer Bajpai, refused to grant bail on any of these grounds.
• For the first one, the court observed that Umar has five sisters, and his mother does not need his supervision.
• For the second, the court mentioned that attending the ceremony of his uncle is simply not ‘necessary.’ Read Full Story “As far as the surgery of the mother of the applicant is concerned, the applicant has himself said that he has five sisters.