Khalid is an accused in the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 northeast Delhi communal riots. He has been booked under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA)
Rebutting the Delhi Police’s argument that former JNU student Umar Khalid was creating social media narratives to influence bail hearings, his lawyer on Wednesday asked the court whether sharing WhatsApp messages is a criminal or terror act.
Khalid is an accused in the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 northeast Delhi communal riots. He has been booked under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai was hearing the second bail plea of Khalid before the special court.
“The special public prosecutor (SPP) says I created narratives. Is sharing messages (on WhatsApp) a criminal or terror act?… Is the court able to see the ridiculousness of their (prosecution’s) attempts to keep someone in jail? Is it wrong for me to forward a message saying someone is wrongly incarcerated? No,” Khalid’s counsel senior advocate Trideep Pais said.
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