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This is for the first time Khalid will walk out of Tihar Jail since his arrest over two years ago in an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [UAPA] case connected with the north-east Delhi riots. 

Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat grants interim bail to Khalid to attend his sister's wedding

The activist will be released on December 23 and will need to surrender on December 30.

A Delhi court on Monday granted seven-day interim bail to student activist Umar Khalid, in the case relating to the "larger conspiracy" of 2020 Delhi riots, to attend his sisters marriage.

During the hearing, counsel for Khalid cited various judgments where the accused booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) were granted interim bail.

The police made the submission before a Delhi court in Khalid’s plea seeking release for two weeks to attend his sister’s wedding.

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The court took exception to Sharjeel Imam seeking adjournment on the grounds that while denying bail to Umar Khalid court has made observations against Imam without hearing him.

The judgments denying bail to Jyoti Jagtap and Umar Khalid – from the Bombay and Delhi high courts respectively – reveal that UAPA adjudication continues to be inconsistent and judge-centric.