Not a single witness statement against me attracts terrorist charge, nothing seized from me: Umar Khalid in court | Delhi News

Khalid, who was booked underneath the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for his alleged involvement within the case, had earlier instructed the Delhi court docket that different accused dealing with graver allegations than him had been out on bail in addition to individuals allegedly concerned in related actions weren’t even made an accused by the Delhi Police.

In February, Khalid had withdrawn his bail plea from the Supreme Courtroom.

Counting on judgments, Pais stated that the Delhi court docket ought to analyse every of the paperwork within the chargesheet. “If 10 witnesses state my (Khalid) identify, does that make a terror case towards me?” Pais requested the court docket.

He additional stated that courts which earlier denied him bail had thought of sufficient what was said within the chargesheet, with out distinguishing between the acts or the individuals. “The Excessive Courtroom and the Particular Courtroom (which denied Khalid bail) haven’t distinguished between the acts or individuals. They’ve simply painted every part with a broad brush,” stated Pais.

Pais stated the case should be assessed by trying into materials towards every particular person, and “the paperwork the prosecution depends upon are statements of a witness and a CDR”. The CDR confirmed that Khalid was not on the alleged assembly, which the prosecution had talked about. “On whimsical statements, generally even with out witnesses, an act of terror is being foisted in the direction of Khalid.”

Pais additionally stated that one of many witnesses within the case didn’t say something concerning the accused, however then “miraculously” named him two weeks later. “All of the witnesses appear to have some downside with reminiscence,” stated Pais, including that merely “frivolously studying out the chargesheet” can’t be relied on by the prosecution to disclaim the accused a bail. “Mere assembly of accused people additionally doesn’t suggest terrorism,” Pais added.

On Tuesday, particular public prosecutor Amit Prasad had alleged that hyperlinks from totally different information retailers had been shared to “expose the Delhi Police”, and Khalid had requested a number of actors to “amplify” the hyperlinks. He had additional stated that sure hashtags had been shared with many influential individuals, asking them to retweet the identical. Khalid’s WhatsApp chats additionally revealed that he has a behavior of making social media narratives to affect bail hearings, Prasad submitted earlier than the court docket.

Prasad additionally referred to numerous tweets by individuals reminiscent of civil rights activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad, journalist and creator Aakar Patel, and human rights group Amnesty Worldwide whereas submitting how Khalid amplified his narrative as a part of a conspiracy. “Whereas he claims that he was subjected to a media trial, it’s he (Khalid) who was taking part in round with the media by individuals related to him,” stated Prasad.

The following bail listening to has now been stored for April 24.