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If You’re So Confident About the Case Against Umar and Sharjeel, Why Are You Afraid of Letting the Trial Reveal the Full Story?
This question is to those BJP zombies in this subreddit, how do you guys who oppose bail or even a proper trial for Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam actually expect the full truth to come out? Look at the Kasab trial. We got so much detail because everything was put before the court and tested, from his training in Pakistan and the handlers directing the attackers, to the GPS route, satellite phone, weapons, intercepted calls and how the whole 26/11 operation was planned and coordinated.
And honestly, wouldn’t it be incredibly brain dead to believe that the Delhi riots were somehow organised by just two people, Umar and Sharjeel, and that the answer is simply to keep those two in jail forever? Don’t you want the trial to actually establish who did what, what evidence exists, who else was involved and whether the prosecution’s allegations hold up?
Or is the real issue that you don’t want the trial to happen because you don’t want any other names or details to come out? If the evidence is rock solid, why be scared of putting everything on the table and letting the court test it?
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The Supreme Court issued notice on Khalid's bail appeal. His counsel said they would wait until after the summer vacation rather than pursue an immediate vacation-bench hearing.
Defence choice, but not a withdrawal or an adjournment requested by Khalid personally.
12 July 2023
Delhi Police requested more time to file its reply to the bail appeal. The court granted additional time.
Prosecution-requested delay, not Khalid's.
24 July 2023
Khalid's lawyer sought an adjournment by circulating a letter, reportedly for personal/health reasons. The hearing was postponed by a week.
Defence lawyer requested the adjournment. No public record cited here establishes that Khalid personally requested it.
9 August 2023
Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra recused himself from hearing the case.
Judge-related delay, not Khalid's.
17 August 2023
The bail plea was dropped from the cause list after being listed before a bench that included the recused judge.
Listing/court issue, not Khalid's.
18 August 2023
The court indicated that the matter required a regular hearing day rather than a miscellaneous-day listing.
Court scheduling, not Khalid's.
5 September 2023
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal was unavailable because he was appearing before the Constitution Bench hearing the Article 370 matters. Khalid's bail hearing was postponed.
Defence counsel's unavailability. This was the second adjournment request identified in BOOM's fact-check.
12 September 2023
The court adjourned the matter for approximately a month.
Court scheduling; the cited chronology does not attribute this to Khalid personally.
12 October 2023
The hearing was postponed because of a lack of time.
Court-related delay.
31 October 2023
The bail plea was linked with proceedings challenging UAPA provisions. Sibal's unavailability also affected scheduling.
Case-linking and counsel availability, not a documented personal request by Khalid.
29 November 2023
The court recorded a joint request from the parties to adjourn because the senior advocates expected to argue were unavailable.
Joint request by both sides.
10 January 2024
The court considered the matter briefly; the defence requested 24 January rather than 17 January for the hearing to begin.
Defence counsel requested the later date.
24 January 2024
C.U. Singh requested an adjournment because the bench had very little time remaining before it rose. The matter was moved to 31 January.
Defence counsel requested the adjournment.
31 January 2024
Sibal asked that the hearing be listed on another day because he would be occupied in a Constitution Bench matter on 1 February.
Defence counsel requested another date.
1 February 2024
The court adjourned the hearing to 7 February.
Court scheduling; not a documented personal request by Khalid.
7 February 2024
The case was in the alternate list while the judges were occupied with another Constitution Bench matter.
Judicial scheduling, not Khalid's.
14 February 2024
Sibal sought permission to withdraw Khalid's Supreme Court bail appeal, citing a change in circumstances. The Court allowed it.
Defence withdrew the appeal on Khalid's behalf. The order does not establish that Khalid personally appeared or personally requested the withdrawal.
After withdrawing the Supreme Court appeal, Khalid sought bail again before the trial court. The application was rejected.
22 Jul 2024
Delhi High Court judge recuses
Justice Amit Sharma recused himself from the appeal challenging the Sessions Court's decision. A judicial recusal is not a withdrawal or adjournment requested by Khalid.
18 Dec 2024
Interim bail granted for family wedding
The court granted seven days of temporary release, with the actual release period running from 28 December 2024 to 3 January 2025.
9 Jul 2025
Delhi High Court reserves judgment
After hearing the bail appeals of Khalid and other accused, the court reserved its decision.
2 Sep 2025
Delhi High Court rejects bail
The High Court dismissed Khalid's appeal and those of several co-accused. The defence subsequently approached the Supreme Court.
Sep–Dec 2025
Supreme Court appeal and hearings
The Supreme Court issued notice and heard arguments over several dates. Some hearings were postponed because of scheduling constraints and requests for additional time from the prosecution. The Court reserved judgment on 10 December 2025.
5 Jan 2026
Supreme Court denies regular bail
The Court denied bail to Khalid and Sharjeel Imam while granting bail to five other appellants. The ruling addressed their alleged roles and the statutory restrictions applicable to bail under UAPA.
22 May 2026
Interim bail for mother's surgery
The Delhi High Court granted temporary release from 1 June to 3 June 2026, subject to strict conditions. This was an interim-bail order, not a grant of regular bail.
4 Jul 2026
Third regular-bail application rejected
The Sessions Court rejected Khalid's third regular-bail application. He appealed that decision to the Delhi High Court.
21 Sep 2026
Hearing postponed at prosecution's request
The Delhi High Court recorded that Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju was unwell and an adjournment was sought. The court moved the matter to 30 September. This was not a request by Khalid or his lawyer.
30 Sep 2026
Delhi High Court rejects latest bail appeal
The High Court dismissed Khalid's appeal against the Sessions Court's rejection of regular bail. This is the latest major bail decision identified in the available records.
Oh ok I understand now thx(lso y wud that be the case? Why is the defence delaying it, if they don't hv enuf evidence for his safety then he's just gonna rott away in the jail, the only thing I can see is that they r waiting for the current govt to go)
You are getting it wrong its quite the opposite even his own defendant knows that if trial happens he will be found guilty thats why they are using a loophole to not get trial and be sentenced to prison (with charges)
Why would defense of an innocent man choose to keep him in jail?
It benefits him more to be in jail- His name is used as a political agenda and for spreading misinformation. Or it helps his own brand as a politician.
They know that he is guilty but are waiting for a corrupt judge who they can use to get him out.
Gurmeet Ram Rahim is not even a Hindu, let alone a saint, Dera Sacha Sauda takes more from Sikh iconography, and their voterbase were historically Congress supporters. His own son is married to the daughter of Congress politician Harminder Singh Jassi.
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And why do you think the government has any say in this matter? The matter is with the courts, and they have denied bail multiple times, and the lawyers themselves have stalled the proceedings many times, as said by ex-CJI Chandrachud himself. I wonder why their lawyers did that? Maybe they know they will get the death penalty once the trial begins (see, it's very easy to speculate).
Coming to the free and fair trial gang, crores of pending cases in this country why no love for them? Doesn't suit the agenda? I hope he gets a free and fair trial when all the crores of pending cases get cleared.
Whataboutism with the reference to the pending cases, the pending case of umar khalid is a landmark one as it dictates free speech of india and itd really tell if freedom of speech of india only lies w the people on the side of power.
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Umar Khalid is quite controversial. Many say he is deliberately delaying the trial. No comments on him.
But I am very sure BJP leaders themselves were involved/responsible for the riots too. No action against them. Justice S. Murlidhar berated on Delhi Police for not filing cases against them. And what happened? Murlidhar himself was transferred overnight.
Weird that you hear someone say that a BJP minister walked scott free due to curroption and your response is to cry about what AAP did.
AAP is curropt, but do you admit that your favorite daddy's party protected Mishra? Or are you just going to list what AAP and Congress has done as if listing name of other rapists makes your favourite rapists not be one.
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Delhi police commissioner was transferred before they started throwing tear gas and lathi charged students. Good convenient shift from delhi riots to CJP protests.
They threatened protestors with genocide plenty of videos for that. They threatened protestors with violence, please try of videos for that. They destroyed cctv so that rss goons could throw stones at protestors alongwith the police plenty of videos for that. They spread fake news about protestors plenty of videos for that. But no videos for umar khalid calling for violence. Still he is in jail. Because a coward with a fake degree is unable to initiate proceedings for fear of losing and his propaganda being busted live in court.
That's what is the problem with you leftists , you criticize bjp for their wrongdoings well and good but how can you defend Umar khalid, he literally gave speeches about india's partition and spoke in favour of afzal guru , the man responsible for parliament attack Shame on you
That's the problem with you right wingers, believe propaganda so easily.
Do you know what he even said about afzal guru? Not just one 30 sec clip which comes on your insta but the actual viewpoint? Or do you decide your viewpoints based on WhatsApp forwards and insta videos? Also tell me what he said about India's partition. Are you referring to the fake video which was debunked a decade back?
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Does it say 7? Most of his proceedings went to Bela Trivedi who was not the designated roster for uapa bail cases, but having served for modi during his cm term comes with some special privileges. Maybe that's why she we got a bland farewell from the bar.
That is not goal post shifting. It's shame that Chief justice of India is spewing bullshit on social media to shape a narrative.
Khalid's lawyer sought adjournment/postponement only two times, first is due to health reasons and second is due to clash with article 370 case (mentioned in the article ss you shared)
I don't think only 2 postponements will delay the case by 6 years 🤷🤷
According to you the govt is anyway being ugly. Atleast the people who are supposed to keep him out of jail be the ones serious about it. I mean if the person giving an exam is not serious, why would the invigilator be?
That exam comparison is bullshit. A student can keep writing an exam even if the invigilator leaves the room, but a court case is a two side affair. The State isn't a neutral invigilator, they are the active opponent trying to keep him in jail.
A better comparison is a boxing match where the State is opponent and courts are referee.
If you ask for a timeout twice, but your opponent and the referee halt the fight 11 times for procedural reasons, it would be absurd to claim you aren't serious about fighting. Blaming the defense for 2 delays while ignoring 11 delays caused by the other side and the referee is just mental gymnastics.
You can build castles in the air but make no mistake a tornado is also built on air. For it was your choice to put Khalid behind bars under sedition a law which is British era law to ensure Indians abide. But then we got freedom, now what are these bylaws you want us to abide.
Khalid deserves a free trial and 1 CR/year compensation for the state wasted his life.
There is a terrorist from kerala named madhani , who was the king pin of coimbatore blast (1998)killed about 60 people and some other blasts. He is still in trial about 15 years, the situation is like there are so many loop holes in the case, because it is a 1.4b people and these people believe in a cult ideology cannot be trusted outside may put a suicide vest and blast and kill people
Sharjeel imam himself openly said he wants to block the siliguri corridor and cut northeast from our country.
There used to be another guy takir hussian ex aap leader they convicted him last month I guess for killing an IB officer. I hope they convict this umar khalid and sharjeel imam terrorist mfs too
Its not a view if they are inciting seperation of whole states.
Also no Indian minister has said this neither Congress nor BJP
Please stop speaking out of ur a**
Ahhahaha the irony in an anti national saying pro terrorism post.
Where is the pro terrorism pro Pakistan posts bro?
But we can clearly see who’s against the citizens of the country and who’s with their paw paw and terrorists
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So if govt (police) decides you are a terrorist based on altered videos (which are btw proved by forensic labs as doctored videos, wonder who made them!!) and files a FIR listing UAPA charges.
Shall we put you behind bars for an eternity without trails??
What nonsensical conspiracy is this, to think the BJP, THE BJP is ALWAYS conspiring with the Delhi HC or Supreme Court on cases like this? No government is that jobless to be bothered about 2-paisa islamists like Imam and Khalid. The Judiciary is not that compromised. You people need to come off your high horse midwittery.
And no, I'd want a fair trial for any Indian citizen except these two, whom I don't care 1 bit.
Atp, whatever happens in india, its because of modi. 🤣 like i saw a comment regarding something happened in congress rules state. And the commentors were saying. Its because of modi. Someone said that congress is ruling here. He replied. So what. Bjp is in centre, so modi did this and that.
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Trail do, let the facts be available for everyone to see how vile and evil these two are. They have ruined indian constitution and endangered democracy. In any case trail pura karo or rafa dafa karo. Kundali mar k kyu baithe hue ho. Insaaf hona chahiye.
The people in Judiciary can have their personal opinions bro but they don't listen to the government be it from state or central if you provide facts & evidence, only then they pass a judgement.
Bro if they can control how to appoint CEC so they can actually control the court too , they removed the CJI position and replaced it by another union cabinet minister , for appointing CEC , which is like majority they can do anything without LOP , LOP is just for showcase that they are still electing CEC democratically
The government elects the CEC & the rule was passed in Congress Government. The CEC may disagree with one another but the decisions are only passed when they are unanimously agreed to.
Bro BJP changed the rule of appointing CEC and after these many years now SC has also said that this is not right way of appointing a CEC , check articles
When did SC say that this is not the right way of appointing CEC? In the recent judgement of the Supreme Court bench of justice Datta and Sharma gave different opinions but reached to same conclusion of giving the case to a 5 judge bench. The case is sub judice not "wrong way" by the court
I understand that just typing random stuff is very easy, with cheap internet and just pressing some keys. And most importantly no use of logical brain. ..
But I think rather making conspiracy theories and spreading them, it would be better for you to go check the details of what all is happening, who is stopping or delaying what, what is missing etc. with that information, a smart person would be able to make an informed conclusion.
Also, india has a huge backlog in courts with many cases not reaching to trials for a decade plus.So but for this case also.. unfortunate may be .. but not big deal.
That’s why I asked you to please check the details. And don’t try to find details that support you .. go from various angles to understand the reality.
It took over 25+ years to charge and start trail against Leftist Islamist terrorist Yasin malik under Manmohan Singh government he had full freedom after his organisation has killed 100s of Hindus. So this Umar Khalid who supports Afzal Guru , burhan wani can wait 25 years in Tihar to begin trial.
Your question prompted to prompt Ai to give a timeline of the delay and here is what I got , so to me it's both side trying to delay as much as they can because both are benefitting out of it , longer Umar stays in jail stronger he became an idol of his followers
Umar Khalid case — delay chronology
Period / event
What happened
Main source of delay
What it tells us
Sept 2020
Umar Khalid arrested in the larger-conspiracy Delhi riots case.
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Case begins. �
The Week
Sept 2020–June 2023
Main and supplementary chargesheets filed, including the final chargesheet in June 2023.
Investigation/prosecution
The prosecution itself took years to complete the investigative record. �
The Week
July 2021
Khalid filed his first bail application; it was withdrawn after a maintainability objection, then another application followed.
Defence/procedural
This is a genuine defence-side contribution to delay, although relatively small compared with the entire period. �
The Indian Express
March 2022
Trial court rejected bail.
Court decision
Khalid then moved the Delhi HC. �
The Indian Express
Apr–Oct 2022
Delhi HC heard the bail challenge and rejected it in October.
Court process
Not simply a prosecution-caused delay. �
The Indian Express
2022–23
Khalid approached Supreme Court. During the HC proceedings, the bench reserved judgment but judgment wasn't delivered for months; Justice Mridul was transferred and the matter was heard afresh.
Court/bench changes
A significant part of the delay was institutional rather than caused by Khalid. �
The Indian Express
Aug 2023
Justice P.K. Mishra recused himself from the Supreme Court proceedings.
Court
Another judicial development causing delay. �
The Indian Express
Apr 2023–Feb 2024
Supreme Court bail proceedings involved numerous adjournments. Khalid eventually withdrew the petition in Feb 2024.
Mixed
This is the period where claims from both sides have some basis. Khalid's side did seek adjournments, but reporting also records State requests, scheduling problems and recusals. �
International Commission of Jurists +1
Feb 2024
Khalid withdrew the SC petition and returned to the trial court.
Defence decision
This necessarily restarted the bail process at another level. �
The Indian Express
Mar–May 2024
Fresh bail application filed; trial court rejected it in May.
Court process
Another judicial stage rather than simply government delay. �
The Indian Express
July 2024
Justice Amit Sharma recused from hearing the HC bail appeal.
Court
Another clear institutional delay. �
The Indian Express
July 2025
Delhi HC reserved judgment on the bail appeals.
Court
The matter had already been pending for a considerable period. �
The Week
Sept 2, 2025
Delhi HC rejected Khalid's bail.
Court decision
Khalid then went to SC. �
The Week
Oct 2025
In SC, Delhi Police sought two additional weeks to respond; the Supreme Court criticised the request, saying sufficient time had already been given.
Government/prosecution
This is a particularly clear example of prosecution-side delay. �
The Indian Express
Dec 2025
SC concluded hearings and reserved judgment.
Court
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The Week
Jan 5, 2026
SC rejected bail for Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, while granting bail to several other accused.
Court decision
Important distinction between different accused. �
Sci API
Jan 13, 2026
In subsequent proceedings, Khalid's counsel sought an adjournment because the arguing counsel was engaged in another court.
Defence
A documented defence-side delay. �
Indian Kanoon
May 19, 2026
Court condoned a 97-day delay in filing Khalid's written synopsis.
Defence
Another concrete defence-side procedural delay. �
Indian Kanoon
May 2026
Supreme Court referred the broader UAPA/prolonged-incarceration bail question to a larger bench after conflicting approaches emerged.
Court/legal system
The legal question itself became a source of additional complexity. �
The Indian Express
July 31, 2026
Delhi HC was dealing with Khalid's third regular-bail application after the trial court rejected it.
Court process
Shows the repeated litigation cycle. �
Indian Kanoon
Sept 21, 2026
Hearing adjourned because ASG S.V. Raju, the government's lead counsel, was unwell.
Government/prosecution
A very clear recent example that cannot reasonably be attributed to Umar. �
Indian Kanoon
Sept 30, 2026
Delhi HC again rejected Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam's bail pleas.
Court decision
Latest major development. �
This government is incompetent, and I hope it is ousted by the people of India. However, one thing I have noticed is that every political leader has talked about Sharjeel Imam, but no one is talking about Captain Smith Machhar, who is a hero. The opposition must praise heroes, not the 'tukde gang'.
I love how we treat goverment, like from op's and lot of others pov govt is scared of trial, same govt who are
apparently okay with delaying justice but are so moral they'd rather delay it on principle then interfere with judicial process whatsoever to get the verdict they'd want, better class of criminal's ig
Can any rational right wing explain why case is proceeding don't give this bull shit : " that Khalid lawyer is delaying " , i don't think so being labeled as terrorist, and living in jail is fun.
And even factually there were 14 adjournment 7 from court , 5 from Khalid and 2 from Delhi police.
Tbh if he is criminal then it would be good that he got punishment
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As if social media communications don't exist, with WhatsApp and Telegram channels. His presence is not even required to still orchestrate the riots. Was Modi present in Godhra? Was Rajiv Gandhi present in Punjab? Was Akhilesh Yadav present in Muzzaffarnagar?
If there was no direct evidence of terrorism, then how was the UAPA charge established against Umar Khalid successfully within the investigation period? For comparison, Matthew VanDyke didn't get slapped with the UAPA charge due to pending investigation.
The so-called manipulated anti-national slogans aren't relevant to the Delhi Riots since it was part of the 2016 JNU protests where calls were made against awarding the death penalty to Afzal Guru, an event he was still a part of. And only two of the alleged six video evidences were considered fully doctored (the one where "Tum Kitne Afzal maaroge" was declared legitimate).
And yeah, I do want a trial for Khalid so that everything is cleared once-and-for-all and no stupid propaganda is made out of him, culpability or innocence.
Kapil Mishra, a BJP minister, was present at the Delhi Riots. Check the statements he made during the student protests before the riots started. Rest, you all are capable of making your own conclusions.
Nobody is scared of the trial, the evidence is clear. This is more like extending the sentence, and giving an anti national hell, so that they can be made examples of. And I fully support it, nothing comes before this country. Infact I support killing all those brutally who come in support of these randkiaulads, the liberals are chootswho would sleep with the left just to oppose the right. Where is the middle ground.
Are you are terror supporter, do you think someone like them shout be out on bail? Have you been schooled by JNU Neha Bora to post propaganda on Critical thinking. Anyone who is Indian can clearly spot the agenda here. Keep crying for Kashmir, Palistine and liberal naxals 😭
They actually posted this? What an absolute disgrace to the sanctity of Constitution of India. What a horrible fall for what’s supposed to be the Government of India. These are a bunch of incompetent individuals that lack education and fully embrace hatred. That makes them dangerous.
Saying that right to life cease in emergency and Supreme Court agreed to it with one judge not agreeing and that one judge got punished by the ruling govt by taking away his CJIship
If the right to invite was followed strictly and as per the law, the first people in Jail would be the Assam CM, Uttarakhand CM and the UP CM.
Their hate speeches are like crazy
Maybe you should share some examples of their hate speeches. Because as someone who does not like BJP, even I have never heard their senior brass like these CMs to directly give a hate speech.
But if the court denies bail and all the accusations which are there on him are still unproven to be “not guilty”, why the hell does people want to free Umar Khalid. Maybe he deserves to be in the Prison?
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