DELHI RIOTS 2020: The High Court in Delhi on Wednesday reserved its judgment on the deposit of Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid and others in the case of unrest in February 2020. They faced criminal prosecution in the case of the illegal law (prevention) (UAPA) related to alleged conspiracy.
Judge’s bench Navin Chawl and Shalinder Kaur reserved their command after hearing arguments on behalf of the prosecution and various accused.
The prosecution was vehemently opposed to the deposit of bail and stated that it was not a case of spontaneous unrest, but a case where riots were scheduled in a time with a sinister motif and a thoughtful conspiracy.
Attorney General Tushar Mehta, representing prosecution, claimed that it was a conspiracy that defames India on the global level, and mere long imprisonment is not for bail.
“If you do something against your nation, you are in prison until you are liberated,” he said.
Sharjeel Imam Council had previously claimed that it was “completely disconnected” from the place, time and co -disclosure, including Umar Khalid. He claimed that Imam’s speeches and WhatsApp cottages had never caused any riots.
Umar Khalid, Imam and several others were booked under the Uapa and the provisions of the Indian Criminal Code for the alleged “mastery” of unrest in February 2020, left by 53 people of the dead and more than 700 injured. Violence broke out during protests against CAA and NRC.
Imam was arrested in the case of August 25, 2020. While he challenged court orders that rejected bail, Imam, Umar Khalid and others quoted their long imprisonment and parity with other co -founders to which the deposit was awarded.
Balls for bail and other co-debris-Khalid Saifi, Gulfisha Fatima and others have been in the High Court since 2022 and were sometimes heard by various benches.
The police opposed the bail of all the accused and stated that the municipal violence of February 2020 was the case of a “clinical and pathological conspiracy”.
The manifestations of Umar Khalida, Imam and other accused have created a sense of fear of their joint reference to Caa-NRC, Babri Mosque, Triple Talaq and Kashmir, the police said.
They argued that in the case of such “serious” crimes, the principle of “deposit is the rule and prison is an exception”, cannot be caused. They also stated that there was no material that would propose any attempt to prosecute the delay in court proceedings and that the right to rapid court proceedings was not a “free passage”.
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