Supreme Court’s 11 bail conditions imposed on 5 accused granted bail in Delhi riots case

3. Surrender their passports, if any, before the Trial Court. Where no passport exists, an affidavit to that effect shall be filed.

4. Furnish current residential addresses, contact numbers, and e-mail addresses to the Investigating Officer as well as to the Trial Court and shall not change their place of residence or contact particulars without giving at least seven days’ prior written intimation to the Investigating Officer and the Trial Court.

5. Personally appear twice a week before the police station and mark their attendance. The Station House Officer shall maintain a separate register of attendance in respect of each of these appellants and shall furnish a monthly compliance report to the Trial Court, which shall be placed on the main record of the case.

6. Not directly or indirectly contact, influence, intimidate or attempt to contact any witness or any person connected with the proceedings, nor shall they associate with or participate in the activities of any group or organization linked to the subject matter of the present FIR/ final report.

7. Not make or publish or disseminate any information, statement, article or post whether in print, electronic or social media concerning the present case or its participants till conclusion of the trial.

8. Not participate in any programme or address or attend any gathering, rally or meeting, whether physically or virtually till conclusion of the trial.

9. Not circulate any post either in electronic form or physical form or circulate any hand bills, posters, banners, etc in any form whatsoever.

10. Fully cooperate with the trial and appear on every date of hearing unless exempted for reasons to be recorded by the Trial Court to its satisfaction and they shall not exhibit any conduct that has the effect of delaying the proceedings.

11. Maintain peace and good behaviour throughout and in the event of any offence committed during the pendency of the trial, the prosecution would be at liberty to seek for revocation of the bail granted by filing such application before the Trial Court and in the event of such application being filed the Trial Court shall consider it on its own merits.

Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam denied bail

While rejecting their bail plea, the bench said that Umar Khalid​ and Sharjeel Imam​ stood on a “higher footing in the hierarchy of participation”.

The bench said it was required to look at what was attributed to each accused, how the attribution fits within the statutory ingredients, and whether the continued detention at this stage serves a legitimate purpose recognised by law.