Delhi riots case: Why Supreme Court denied bail for Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam

Denying bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots case, the Supreme Court on Monday (January 5) said that the accused had a ‘central and directive role in conceptualising, planning and coordinating the alleged terrorist act’. Citing the ‘hierarchy of participation’, the bench headed by Justice Aravind Kumar did not give relief to the duo while granting bail to five other accused. Here’s why