New Delhi, May 19 -- : A Delhi court on Tuesday rejected the interim bail plea of former JNU student leader Umar Khalid in the 2020 North East Delhi riots conspiracy case registered under the UAPA.
Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of the Karkardooma Court dismissed Khalid's request for 15-day interim bail, which was sought to attend the Chehlum ceremony of his late uncle and to look after his mother, whose surgery is scheduled for June 2.
While refusing relief, the court observed that merely because Khalid had earlier been granted interim bail and had complied with all conditions, it could not become a ground for granting bail on every occasion.
The judge noted that attending the Chehlum ceremony was not an unavoidable circumstanc...