The submissions had been made earlier than Extra Classes Choose Sameer Bajpai throughout arguments opposing the framing of prices in opposition to Khalid.
Senior advocate Trideep Pais, showing for Khalid, argued, “You probably have statements solely, the place will the case go? It would stay within the method wherein it has been within the final 5 years. Will we take Alpha, Beta, and Gamma (names of three protected witnesses) and study them?”
Pais mentioned there was no restoration or any bodily proof in opposition to his shopper.
“There are 751 FIRs (within the 2020 northeast Delhi riots). I'm not an accused in any, besides one (the bigger conspiracy case),” mentioned the senior advocate.
Citing the assertion of a witness, he mentioned that Khalid was alleged to have attended a gathering on December 8, 2019 in Jangpura, the place a purported conspiracy concerning the 2020 Delhi riots was mentioned.”The assembly occurred in Jangpura. Solely two individuals are named as accused, and others who attended the assembly will not be named? When you say that this assembly was the primary conspiracy assembly, why did it take you so lengthy to take statements?” “I'm not saying that you simply can't register an FIR if in case you have proof. However you will have named me and known as it a conspiracy. You could have recorded statements nearly six months after the FIR and 11 months after the December assembly,” Khalid's counsel mentioned.
He mentioned that Khalid had despatched solely three messages within the Delhi Protest Help Group (DPSG) WhatsApp group, which was allegedly the start line of the conspiracy.
The arguments will proceed on October 28 and 29.
Final month, Khalid's lawyer mentioned his shopper spent 5 years in custody in what he known as a “joke of an FIR”, which didn't have the “sanctity of legislation”.
Khalid was arrested within the case on September 13, 2020.
Twenty folks, together with activists Sharjeel Imam, Khalid Saifi and former Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain, have been booked for his or her alleged involvement within the bigger conspiracy to incite the riots.
