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Opposing strongly the interim bail plea of the 2020 northeast Delhi riots accused Umar Khalid, the city police on Friday filed a reply in a court, warning his release will likely cause “unrest in society”.

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Opposing the interim bail plea of Umar Khalid, accused in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, Delhi Police on Friday told the Karkardooma court that his release could lead to social unrest.

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

'This sense of fear nobody talks about, but which we must confront because unless we do that we are going to render our district courts toothless and our higher courts dysfunctional,' the CJI said.

The activist, booked under the provisions of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, was denied regular bail by the Delhi High Court last month.

Last week, the bench had observed that being a special bench, it did not assemble on a regular basis and therefore, it needed to "take a call" on whether these bail pleas could be heard by it or if they had to be sent to the designated bench

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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Delhi High Court on Friday adjourned the appeals challenging the bail denial in a larger conspiracy case related to the North East Delhi Riots, saying they would be taking a decision only after hearing all appeals, which will be taking a lot of time. India News | Delhi HC to Take a Call on Hearing Appeals in Larger Conspiracy Bail Matters.

Justices Siddharth Mridul and Rajnish Bhatnagar are seized of eight bail appeals arising out of the Delhi riots criminal conspiracy case; the bench had denied bail to Umar Khalid last month.