Overview
- Ishrat Jahan kept her bail after the Delhi High Court on Friday rejected the police appeal, noting no breach of conditions in more than four years.
- A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja declined to interfere with the trial court’s 2022 order and said it was not giving any view on guilt.
- Delhi Police argued the trial court misread the anti-terror law UAPA, overlooked witness statements, and portrayed Jahan as linked to a planned conspiracy tied to protest logistics.
- Jahan was arrested in February 2020 and faces charges under the UAPA, the Arms Act, the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, and the IPC, with the trial underway after charges were framed in 2024.
- The broader case has seen split outcomes, as the Supreme Court in January 2026 denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam but ordered the release of several other accused with strict safeguards.