TIME IN PRE-TRIAL CUSTODY SINCE SEPT 13, 2020
years
months
days
Umar Khalid, a former JNU research scholar, was arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell on 13 September 2020 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, in connection with the alleged "larger conspiracy" behind the February 2020 riots in Northeast Delhi. Trial on merits has not yet begun; all proceedings to date concern bail.
17,000+
pages across the main and supplementary chargesheets, as widely reported by legal press
UAPA §§13,16,17,18 + IPC (conspiracy, rioting)
statutes invoked
Pre-trial, Karkardooma (Trial) Court, Delhi
current stage — trial on merits not yet begun
UAPA §43D(5) bail threshold vs. Art. 21 speedy trial
central legal controversy
Chronological Timeline
Dec 2019 – Apr 2026. Each entry is a plain-language summary drawn from court reporting, not a verbatim reproduction of any filing or judgment.
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