April 9, 2026
Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkadooma Court granted Interim bail to Khalid Saifi in lieu of a wedding function. The court, as part of the conditions on bail, has mandated Saifi to keep his mobile phone turned ‘ON’ at all times, prohibited him from leaving Delhi NCR region and, asked him to not contact media or any prosecution witness.
February 18, 2026
Saifi moves the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court order that denied him bail. The bench orally denied on the ground of parity for bail. Saifi sought parity with five other co-accused who were granted bail on January 5, 2026. The court has tagged the matter with Tasleem Ahmed’s plea for bail (another co-accused in larger Delhi riots case).
September 2, 2025
Delhi High Court rejected his bail application. The court seemingly accepted prosecution’s argument that the riots were the result of a “premeditated, well-orchestrated conspiracy,” not a spontaneous event. It further stated that only delay in trial cannot be a ground of bail as the accusations are grave in nature.
May 5, 2024
On May 5, Delhi High Court reserved its judgment on bail application moved by Saifi.
January 19, 2024
Shahdara District Court on January 19 framed charges against Saifi under Indian Penal Code Sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with a deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly), 186 (obstructing public servant), 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), section 307 (attempt to murder), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to public servant) and 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty).
April 8, 2022
Delhi's Karkadooma Court denies bail on the grounds that the allegations against Khalid Saifi are prima facie true.
September, 2021
Khalid Saifi, represented by Rebecca John, withdraws his bail plea under section 439 of CrPC and later filed it under Section 437 of the CrPC.
May 6, 2021
Delhi Court rejects Delhi Police’s plea to produce Khalid Saifi and Umar Khalid by handcuffing them in both hands. Police had claimed the need to handcuff was on grounds of both being high risk prisoners. But the court held that they are not “previous convicts or gangsters”.
April 24, 2021
Saifi’s wife Nargis alleges that from April 19 to April 23, he complained to her about fever, throat infection, cough, weakness, and headache while being lodged inside Mandoli jail number 12.
November 4, 2020
A Delhi court granted bail to Khalid Saifi.
June 6, 2020
Khalid Saifi is Behind Bars in connection with the Delhi Riots in the Khajuri Khas Area.
March 21, 2020
Formally Behind Bars in case FIR No.59/2020 (investigated by Special Cell)
February 26, 2020
Initially Behind Bars in case FIR No.44/2020, Police Station Jagatpuri.
