SC Denies Bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam in Delhi Riots; Five Co-Accused Freed

• Supreme Court rejected bail pleas of student activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the Delhi riots case.
• Five other co-accused – Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa Ur Rahman, Mohammad Saleem Khan, and Shadab Ahmed – were granted bail.
• The Court cited the seriousness of allegations against Khalid and Imam, emphasizing individual culpability assessment.
• Khalid has been in custody since September 2020, and Imam since January 2020, both charged under UAPA and IPC as "main conspirators."
• The verdict was pronounced by a bench of Justices Arvind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria, after reserving its decision on December 10.

Why It Matters: SC denies bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam in Delhi riots, while granting it to five others.