The submissions had been made earlier than Further Classes Decide Sameer Bajpai throughout arguments opposing the framing of prices towards Khalid within the UAPA case associated to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots in Delhi.
Senior advocate Trideep Pais, showing for Khalid, argued, “In any occasion, no criminality will be attributed, as a result of until you present that there's precise criminality within the actions.”
Referring to the costs levelled towards Khalid for being a member of a WhatsApp group, Pais stated Khalid was only a member of the group and by no means despatched any messages.
“What's the criminality of belonging to the group,” he requested.
Pais stated one of many protected witnesses, Bond, had admitted to having despatched a message on a WhatsApp group calling for a chakka jam.”So allow us to resolve whether or not the witness is towards the chakka jam or for it. Bond is clearly an witness and can't be believed. The assertion of this witness was additionally recorded one month previous to my arrest,” Pais stated.He stated that Delhi Police, in its cost sheet, accused Khalid and others of conspiring to protest and take part within the riots to discredit India throughout US President Donald Trump's go to to New Delhi in 2020.
The senior advocate claimed that Trump's official go to to India was first reported on February 13, 2020, however the FIR was premised on the truth that on February 8, the conspirators already knew his date of arrival and performed the violence on February 24-25.
Citing his shopper's name element data (CDRs), Pais stated police named Khalid as a major conspirator within the case, however he was not current in a gathering on December 8, 2019, in Jangpura, the place the alleged conspiracy relating to the 2020 Delhi riots was hatched.
He additionally cited the assertion of one other protected witness, Delta, who had knowledgeable the police {that a} secret assembly was held at a secret workplace relating to the entire conspiracy.
“The cost sheet says a secret assembly in a secret workplace was held. This informant was in fixed contact with the police, however how come he didn't inform the police concerning the violence? If he knowledgeable, so why did not the police cease it,” Pais requested.
Concerning the allegation that Khalid was about to depart New Delhi after the violence, Pais stated for an individual who was actively taking part in a protest towards the CAA, it was regular to journey.
The arguments would proceed on Wednesday.
Earlier on Monday, the Supreme Courtroom refused to present two weeks to Delhi Police for submitting its reply on bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima and Meeran Haider within the bigger conspiracy case.
Final month, Khalid's lawyer stated his shopper spent 5 years in custody in what he referred to 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 individuals, together with activists Imam, Khalid Saifi and former Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain, had been booked for his or her alleged involvement within the bigger conspiracy to incite the riots.
