Delhi riots conspiracy case accused Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam have moved the Supreme Court seeking bail. .They have challenged the September 30 order of the Delhi High Court denying them bail. .The Delhi High Court had observed that the Supreme Court had earlier denied bail to Khalid and Imam in January 2026, stating that they can file for bail again after a year or after the protected witnesses have been examined. The High Court said that since the two conditions have not been met yet, granting bail to Khalid and Imam would amount to modifying the Supreme Court order, which the High Court cannot do.“In view of the above discussion and overall facts of these cases, specifically the conditions imposed by the Supreme Court in Gulfisha Fatima, this court cannot find fault with the order passed by the trial court. The present appeals are therefore dismissed,” the High Court said. .This is the second time Khalid and Imam are approaching the Supreme Court seeking bail. The most recent order of the top court came in January 2026 when five people were granted bail, but Khalid and Imam were declined relief .They then once again moved the trial court which rejected their pleas on July 4.Subsequently, the High Court rejected their plea on September 30..Notably, Khalid and Imam's bail pleas before the High Court relied on the Supreme Court's judgment in a different case of Syed Iftikhar Andrabi wherein a different bench of the top court questioned the apex court's denial of bail to him and Imam in the January 2026 verdict.Khalid and Imam's pleas had argued that the same amounts to a change in circumstances.However, the police countered that the judgment of a coordinate bench in a different case cannot override the specific findings and directions passed by the Supreme Court in Khalid and Imam's own case.The High Court proceeded to reject their plea prompting them to file the present pleas before the apex court.
