Delhi riots case: Gulfisha Fatima walks out of Tihar jail as SC grants bail

Gulfisha Fatima, one of the accused in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots conspiracy case, walked out of Tihar Jail on Wednesday, hours after a Delhi court issued her release orders following bail from the Supreme Court, jail sources said. The remaining three accused, for whom the release orders were issued early Wednesday, are also expected to be freed once all procedural formalities are completed. Earlier in the day, a Delhi court issued release orders for the four accused after they furnished bail bonds of Rs 2 lakh each with two local sureties, as directed by the Supreme Court. The fifth accused, who was also granted bail by the apex court on Monday, did not appear before the court to furnish bail bonds. The court noted that all bail conditions had been complied with and passed the orders for their release after Delhi Police submitted verification reports of the sureties and documents. The Supreme Court had on Monday denied relief to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, observing that a