By Gursimran Kaur Bakshi
The Supreme Court today(February 18) issued notice in a plea filed by United Against Hate member Khalid Saifi, challenging the denial of bail by the Delhi High Court in connection with a case of a larger conspiracy into the Delhi riots of 2020, involving charges under the Indian Penal Code and UAPA.
A bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice PB Varale however orally said that Saifi cannot claim parity with the Supreme Court’s January judgment which granted bail to five co-accused.
Saifi has come against the September 2, 2025, order of the Delhi High Court denying bail to him. In January, the Supreme Court granted bail to five other accused in the case, while denying bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam.
Later, the two remaining accused, Tasleem Ahmed and now Khalid Saifi has moved the Court. Notice has been issued in Tasleem Ahmed’s petition. As per Saifi’s plea, he has suffered five years of incarceration and is seeking parity with the Gulfisha and others, who were granted bail in the recent order by the Supreme Court.
At the outset, Justice Kumar asked Advocate Rajat Kumar(Saifi) what was the role attributed to the accused. Kumar informed that the allegation is that Saifi was a member of various WhatsApp groups such as DPSG, CAB Team, and United Against Hate, and the creator of various protest sites at Khureji, Karawal Nagar, Kardam Nargar and Nizamuddin. Further allegation is that he delivered an inflammatory speech intended to incite communal riots.
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