Delhi Excessive Court docket choose Justice Amit Sharma on Monday recused from listening to the bail petition moved by Umar Khalid in reference to the Delhi riots bigger conspiracy case.
The matter was listed for listening to earlier than a division bench comprising of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Amit Sharma. After the Justice Sharma recused himself from listening to the matter, the case will now be re-listed on totally different date in entrance of a distinct bench.
Earlier, Justice Sharma recused from listening to bail petitions of co-accused in the identical case, as he appeared for numerous UAPA instances for NIA as Particular Public Prosecutor when he served as a lawyer.
Khalid moved a recent bail plea after he withdrew his plea searching for bail from the Supreme Court docket.
Khalid was arrested in September 2020 in UAPA case related to Delhi Riots of February 2020.