‘This cannot go on endlessly’: Delhi HC tells prosecution in Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam bail pleas
The bench listed the matter for further hearing on February 12.
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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday told the prosecution that it cannot endlessly hear submissions against the bail applications of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and six others in the 2020 riots case, Bar and Bench reported.
A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur interjected Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad while he was reading extracts from speeches allegedly made by Imam in connection with the matter. The bench asked Prasad how much longer his arguments would go on for.
“This has to end! This needs to end now,” Bar and Bench quoted the court as saying. “It cannot go on endlessly. We cannot give you so much time.”
Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma, representing the Delhi Police, also sought time to make submissions in the case, PTI reported.
“You have to finish now,” the news agency quoted Chawla as saying. “This can’t go on endlessly.”
The bench listed the next hearing on February 12.
The court was hearing the bail petitions filed by Khalid, Imam, Mohd Saleem Khan, Shifa ur Rehman, Shadab Ahmed, Athar Khan, Khalid Saifi and Gulfisha Fatima, who have been in jail for more than four years.
They were booked for offences under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, Arms Act and the Indian Penal Code in connection with the...
