Thread by @saahilmenghani

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👉I spent last 2 hours to read & pick portions of the order in which @SafooraZargar was denied bail today

👉Judge said, "even if no direct violence is attributable to Safoora, she cannot shy away from her liability under UAPA's provisions." READ ON

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Safoor Zargar bail order

👉Judge said, "When you choose to play with embers, you cannot blame the wind to have carried the spark a bit too far & spread the fire"

👉"at this stage, the court is NOT CONCERNED with the SANCTITY of the material available on record, however.."

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#Thread on Safoora

👉"..considering material on record, it cant be said that there is no prima facie case made out against Safoora"

👉"Mere violence is not the gravamen of UAPA(charge u/s 2). Any activity wld obviously be treated as an unlawful activity within UAPA which..

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👉"..has a tendency to create a disorder or disturbance of law & order to such an extent that the entire city is brought to its knees & the entire govt machinery is brought to a grinding halt, such an activity would obviously be treated as an unlawful activity under UAPA"

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#Thread

👉Judge said, "there is prima facie evidence to show there was a conspiracy to atleast blockade the roads(chakka jaam)"

👉Safoora's lawyer-"Apart from legal grounds, she deserves bail on humanitarian grounds as she is 21 weeks pregnant. She is ALSO suffering from..

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👉"Safoora is also suffering from Poly Cystic Ovarian Disorder & has a reported history of urinary tract infection. It is submitted that her condition becomes all the more vulnerable due to Covid-19. Corona cases have now been reported in Delhi's all 3 jails"

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👉Safoora's lawyer told the court, "investigating agency creating a false narrative to implicate innocent students, who disapprove of govt's policy. Dissent cant be stifled by resorting to state's coercive machinery. She is innocent who simply holds a divergent view on CAA"

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👉Safoora's lawyer to judge, "merely holding a divergent view is no offence & by no stretch of imagination, she can be brandished as terrorist or anti-national"

👉"Allegation is she gave inflammatory speech on Feb 23rd in Chand Bagh which led to riots. She did NOT DO THAT"

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👉Safoora's lawyer, "To get protest registered/noticed, even if she intended to protest in presence of a foreign dignitary, peacefully, irrespective of protest's scale, mere disapproval of govt policy wld not tantamount to inciting violence. UAPA not attracted in this case"

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👉Safoora's lawyer to judge, "Supreme Court had observed that to qualify an act as 'Sedition', there must be material to show that it has a tendency to create disturbance of public peace. From the material available on record, NO ACT BY SAFOORA which incited any vioence"

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👉Safoora's lawyer to judge, "in absence of any material on record to show that she is liable for any violence, UAPA CANNOT be invoked. No material on record to show that she was involved in any conspiracy to incite violence or bring disaffection against this great nation"

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