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Delhi Court to hear today Umar Khalid’s bail plea in connection with Delhi Riots case involving charges under IPC and UAPA.

Hearing before ASJ Amitabh Rawat.

#DelhiRiots

The hearing begins.

SPP Amit Prasad for prosecution.

#DelhiRiots

The Court waits for Khalid Saifi's counsel to join.

Adv Rajat Kumar appears for Saifi.

SPP begins.

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SPP Prasad gives recap of what he had argued on previous date.

He mentions the background after which FIR was registered.

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SPP further shows prima facie picture to the court of a meeting held on 6th December where #UmarKhalid and #SharjeelImam can be seen in same frame.

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SPP further talks about the hidden elements which must be shown to the court.

He refers to pg 2056 of the Chargesheet.

Court inquires as to how the doc was recovered.

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These hidden elements are not substantiated from my own record but recovered from their own digital device, says SPP

"They maintained minutes if the meetings," SPP to Court while reading chargesheet.

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SPP mentions the chronological order of the issues he dealt with -

JCC
Establishment of Shaheen Bagh & Jamia Milia protest sites
MSF
AAZMI
SIO
Chakka Jam
Riots

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SPP next share screen shot of a Facebook post.

This suggests how Jamia awareness campaign started at the same time.

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The SPP mentions about the 25 protest sites and the details specifically given in the doc.

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14th Jan, when it came in public domain that US Prez Trump is going to visit India in @timesofindia. On that day itself... , says SPP

Judge - So it was 14th Jan, that this news came.

SPP - Yes.

Judge asks the pg no. In chargesheet.

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SPP mentions the page.

SPP next refers to statement of bond at pg 1762 of chargesheet.

"By 17th of jan we have all the protest sites in place. By 14th of jan the news of US Prez is in public domain. On 23rd Jan while in the secret meeting held at Seelampur...

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#SharjeelImam in the another meeting says in Bihar that Chakka Jam kare."

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Time has come, “Tayyaari Kar Lein” was said at meeting between Umar Khalid, Saifi with Pinjra Tod Members - Amit Prasad, SPP tells Court.

Secret meeting at Seelampur - Sharjeel Imam is saying - “What is the plan?” This statement has come out through a protected witness.

Amit Prasad, SPP shows Court exchanges between Umar Khalid and other people who allegedly organised the protests.
He is telling Court that the Protests and blockades were part of an organised plan & One Tasleem’s msgs indicate he was reporting to his “master” - Umar Khalid

Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid were part of same plan and lawyers lists were also sent who could prevent people from evicting protest sites: SPP tells court

Public face which was sought to be built that the jamia protest site and shaheen bagh was an organic protest and was created by women. Khureji Site was a test site and I have shown that testing which was done by all of them. This means it cannot and was Organic: SPP

If all these people who claim themselves to be independent thought, what was the common link which brought all of them together at the same time, at the same place?: SPP tells court #umarkhalid

Issue was not CAA or NRC. The idea was to embarrass India and the GOI so that the same is projected in International media: SPP tells Court #UmarKhalid

In a speech, he says, “CAA/NRC toh bahana hai, aaj maula mila hai humei”
Dard tha Babri ka, Triple Talaaq & 370 ka - Kashmir ke Halaat: SPP tells Court #UmarKhalid

They say they do not trust Court in their speeches then they come to Court to demand for very many things?!: SPP to Court #umarkhalid

SPP shows Court many posts that show that the protests were allegedly communal and not secular. “La illa Ilallah ...” slogans used in protests and gatherings and “law of Allah” and Babri Masjid are the alleged takeaways.

“La illa illalah” not a secular slogan but purported face of protests projected as secular: SPP #UmarKhalid

SPP is playing a speech of Khalid.

SPP says that though Khalid says in his speech that Shaheen Bagh was created by Nanis and Dadis, he would like to show some chats between Afreen, Fatima & Umar Khalid.

According to the chat, the protests were backed by people who were friends of Umar Khalid: SPP

He tried to create “Aatank ka Mahaul” in his speeches and said “hum musalmano ko”. Note that Umar Khalid claims to be atheist. What is your identity really? At least Sharjeel Imam has strength to say I am what I am: SPP tells Court

Issue is NRC but they were actually aggrieved by 370, Ayodhya & Triple Talaaq and there is a sort of pattern in these speeches: SPP to Court

Bench expected to shortly return after lunch in a few minutes. #UmarKhalid

His (Umar Khalid) speeches do not refer to lynchings met out to Kamlesh Tiwari and others but his concern is only for one community but.... he claims himself to be atheist!: SPP tells Court

“Iss kanoon ko wapis lejane ke liye sadkon pe khoon kyun na bahane pade, karenge”- “Inn kafiron ka khoon bahana padega” are statements between Umar Khalid and others who allegedly conspired: SPP tells Court

SPP showing court some chats which allegedly show the confrontational nature that protests were suppose to be. “Next phase of this movement is going to be confrontational and we will have to wait and see the outcomes”, a msg says - SPP #umarkhalid

Umar Khalid carried out communal agenda under garb of secularism to avenge Ram Janmabhoomi Judgment, Article 370, Triple Talaaq: Prosecutor
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