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India's Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam have returned to the Supreme Court seeking bail in the 2020 Delhi riots case. The duo is contesting a September 30 Delhi High Court ruling that denied their bail plea. The High Court upheld the January 5 Supreme Court order, which refused bail to the two while granting it to five co-accused, deeming them to be in a different category.

Imam claims he has languished in jail for six years and nine months without any of the prosecution's 47 protected witnesses being examined. He argues that the witness condition makes the continued imprisonment likely to violate his right to life and liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution. The Supreme Court has also ruled that the 24-hour deadline for producing an accused before a magistrate begins from the moment of detention, not arrest.