AS THE DELHI POLICE concluded its arguments on December 10, 2025, the Division Bench led by Justice Aravind Kumar and comprising Justice N.V. Anjaria reserved the orders in the bail applications of the accused in the 2020 Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy case.
Responding to the arguments raised by the Petitioners in their rejoinders, Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju doubled down on the accusations of a larger conspiracy. He told the Court that apart from being a distinct offence in itself, the law on conspiracy postulates that the acts committed by one can be attributed to all co-conspirators. Therefore, all the co-accused are liable for the acts committed by Sharjeel Imam.
ASG Raju: Petitioners have been refusing to argue on framing of charges
Addressing the argument on delay, Raju claimed that the Petitioners have been refusing to argue on the framing of charges. He told the Court that even though the charge-sheets were filed separately for different Petitioners, once they are filed and the offence is made out, the Petitioners will have to present their arguments on the framing of the charges.
Justice Kumar pointed out that the grievance of the accused is that the charge-sheets naming them were filed intermittently, due to which they were unable to argue on charge unless they were named in a charge-sheet. For this reason, Justice Kumar explained, the delay could not be attributed to them.
