Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai has issued a notice to Delhi Police, scheduled the hearing for May 22, and directed verification of the grounds presented by the accused
Tasleem Ahmed has requested a 15-day interim bail. File photo
Delhi's Karkardooma Court on Monday directed the police to file a response regarding the interim bail plea of accused Tasleem Ahmed in the larger conspiracy case related to the Delhi riots. Tasleem Ahmed has requested a 15-day interim bail, citing his son's admission to a new school for the upcoming academic session.
Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai has issued a notice to Delhi Police, scheduled the hearing for May 22, and directed verification of the grounds presented by the accused. Tasleem Ahmed's regular bail plea is pending before the Delhi High Court, scheduled for a hearing today in the second half.
Previously, the Division Bench directed Delhi Police's Special Public Prosecutor (SPP), Amit Prasad, to submit a concise note outlining Ahmed's alleged role and the foundational material against him, citing the voluminous case records.
Ahmed, along with Abdul Khalid Saifi, Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid, Tahir Hussain, and others, is accused in the larger conspiracy case related to the 2020 Delhi riots. They have been charged under the anti-terror law, UAPA, in connection with the violence that erupted in Northeast Delhi.
On February 22, 2024, Ahmed's regular bail plea was rejected by the trial court. He had sought bail on grounds of parity with co-accused Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita, and Asif Iqbal Tanha, who were part of the alleged same conspiracy case.
However, the trial court in Ahmed’s case took a different view. The presiding judge observed that Ahmed’s earlier bail application had already been dismissed by the predecessor court on March 16, 2022, which had found the allegations against him to be prima facie true. In view of this earlier ruling and the nature of charges invoked, the court held that the statutory restrictions under Section 43D(5) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Section 437 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.P.C.) continued to apply, thereby prohibiting his release on bail at this stage.
The case in which Ahmed is implicated is part of a broader investigation into an alleged conspiracy behind the Delhi riots of February 2020, which resulted in the death of over 50 people and injuries to hundreds. The Delhi Police have charged around 20 individuals, including well-known student activists such as Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid, Khalid Saifi, and former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain, under stringent provisions of the UAPA, accusing them of orchestrating the riots as part of a larger, premeditated conspiracy to destabilize the government and incite communal violence under the guise of anti-CAA protests.
Ahmed’s legal team continues to argue that he deserves the same consideration as others granted bail, citing inconsistencies in the prosecution’s evidence and stressing his prolonged pretrial incarceration. The court has now sought a response from the Delhi Police on his interim bail plea, which is currently under consideration.
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