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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 5 January 2026, the Supreme Court of India's two-judge bench rejected the bail plea of Khalid, while granting conditional bail to five other co-accused. The judges drew a distinction between the latter's alleged role and those ascribed to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam. They held that the allegations against the five co-accused were "limited" and "ancillary" in nature, whereas Khalidi and Imam faced allegations of a “larger conspiracy” behind the riots in New Delhi. They cited the gravity of the allegations and the “central” role attributed to them by the prosecution.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhaumik |first1=Aaratrika |title=Delhi riots case: Supreme Court denies bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, grants relief to five co-accused |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/delhi-riots-case-supreme-court-denies-bail-to-umar-khalid-sharjeel-imam-grants-relief-to-five-co-accused/article70471723.ece |access-date=5 January 2026 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=5 January 2026 |language=en-IN}}</ref> On the following Saturday, New York <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">City’s </del>newly elected Mayor Zohran Mamdani wrote a letter to Khalid in solidarity, saying, “We are all thinking of you.”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Yashraj |title=Delhi riots case: Why <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">won’t </del>India release Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/5/delhi-riots-case-why-wont-india-release-umar-khalid-and-sharjeel-imam |access-date=2026-04-24 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 5 January 2026, the Supreme Court of India's two-judge bench rejected the bail plea of Khalid, while granting conditional bail to five other co-accused. The judges drew a distinction between the latter's alleged role and those ascribed to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam. They held that the allegations against the five co-accused were "limited" and "ancillary" in nature, whereas Khalidi and Imam faced allegations of a “larger conspiracy” behind the riots in New Delhi. They cited the gravity of the allegations and the “central” role attributed to them by the prosecution.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhaumik |first1=Aaratrika |title=Delhi riots case: Supreme Court denies bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, grants relief to five co-accused |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/delhi-riots-case-supreme-court-denies-bail-to-umar-khalid-sharjeel-imam-grants-relief-to-five-co-accused/article70471723.ece |access-date=5 January 2026 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=5 January 2026 |language=en-IN}}</ref> On the following Saturday, New York <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">City's </ins>newly elected Mayor Zohran Mamdani wrote a letter to Khalid in solidarity, saying, “We are all thinking of you.”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Yashraj |title=Delhi riots case: Why <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">won't </ins>India release Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/5/delhi-riots-case-why-wont-india-release-umar-khalid-and-sharjeel-imam |access-date=2026-04-24 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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