The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted bail to Salim Malik, accused in relation to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.

A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain passed the order after hearing Malik's counsel as well as the prosecutor appearing for the Delhi Police. 

The Bench also listed co-accused Athar Khan's bail plea for hearing on Monday.

Notice in Malik's appeal was issued in February. He had challenged the trial court order passed on January 29 denying him bail in the UAPA case.

The accused in the case are facing charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the Indian Penal Code for allegedly formulating the "larger conspiracy" behind the communal riots which took place in the national capital in the last week of February 2020.

The accused in the case are Tahir Hussain, Umar Khalid, Khalid Saifi, Isharat Jahan, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, Shifa-Ur-Rehman, Asif Iqbal Tanha, Shadab Ahmed, Tasleem Ahmed, Saleem Malik, Mohd. Saleem Khan, Athar Khan, Safoora Zargar, Sharjeel Imam, Faizan Khan, Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal.

Accused Salim Malik was represented by Advocates Jawahar Raja, Archit Krishna, Tamanna Pankaj, Aditi Saraswat, Priya Vats, Anirudh Ramanathan, Nitai Hinduja, Indronil Choudhry and Ashutosh shukla.

Title: Saleem Malik v. State

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 514