New Delhi, May 23 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday granted three-day interim bail to former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid in the alleged larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots, in view of his mother's surgery.

A bench of justices Prathiba M Singh and Madhu Jain said the bail would commence at 7am on June 1 and end at 8pm on June 3. The court noted that the Supreme Court had rejected Khalid's bail on January 5, but granted him relief by "taking an empathetic view".

"The appellant has been released on interim bail in the past, and the court is aware of the fact that the regular bail application was rejected by the Supreme Court in the judgment of Gulfisha Fatima, where the Supreme Court held the app...