Northeast Delhi riots larger conspiracy case: HC dismisses Delhi Police’s appeal against bail granted to Ishrat Jahan | Delhi News
2 min readNew DelhiApr 25, 2026 08:32 AM IST The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the Delhi Police’s appeal against the bail granted to former Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots. A practising advocate, Ishrat Jahan was the first person to be granted bail in this case, by a trial court, after spending two years in jail in the Delhi riots Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case in March 2022. A division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja on Friday dismissed the appeal against the trial court’s order, noting that it was not inclined to interfere with the order. More than four years have passed since the bail was granted and there are no allegations that Jahan has violated her bail conditions in any manner, the High Court also noted. In 2024, the trial court modified Jahan’s bail conditions, allowing her to travel all over India without prior permission of the court. The court, in 2022, had granted her bail on the …









