Khalid had earlier moved the Supreme Court seeking bail, however, he withdrew his petition on February 14, stating that he will approach the trial court for the bail
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a batch of eight petitions challenging the provisions of the stringent UAPA to be withdrawn and granted liberty to the petitioners to approach the respective high courts.
A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal was told by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Khalid, that he wishes to withdraw the bail plea due to “change in circumstances”