The Indian Express (Delhi Edition)
2020 NE Delhi riots: Umar Khalid’s bail plea dismissed
Celsius was recorded on Tuesday, which beats the earlier record of 47.2 degrees recorded at the station in May 2022.
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A DELHI court Tuesday rejected the bail plea of former JNU student leader Umar Khalid, an accused in the “larger conspiracy” case related to the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots.
Khalid, who was booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, informed the court of Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai earlier that other accused facing graver allegations are out on bail and that people allegedly involved in similar activities had not even been named as accused by the Delhi police.
Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad, however, had argued that judgments granting bail to three accused people — Asif Iqbal Tanha, Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal — cannot be relied on as a precedent and that every other accused
Former JNU student leader Umar Khalid
cannot be entitled to parity.
“People on bail are stalling the trial so that people in custody can take benefits of delay,” he added.
Khalid’s advocate, Trideep Pais, had also argued that not a single statement by witnesses relied upon by the prosecution attracted a terrorism charge against him. “The accused has not committed any terrorist act... There is not a single seizure from him,” he said.
Prasad, however, argued that Khalid had amplified his narrative as part of a conspiracy, citing his different chats with people with a social media following.