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The Delhi High Court will continue to hear today bail plea of former JNU student Umar Khalid.

He was arrested by Delhi Police in September 2020 for his alleged role in the Delhi riots and has remained in jail since.
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Police have charged him with various sections of the IPC including criminal conspiracy as well as provisions of the UAPA.
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His bail was denied by a lower court in March.
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The plea will be heard by a bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Rajnish Bhatnagar.
Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Amit Prasad will continue with his submissions.
Hearing is scheduled to start at 2:15 pm.
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Bench has assembled.
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SPP Prasad begins his submissions.
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Prasad: I am summarizing the events as they happened since January.
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Prasad reads the chats in DPSG Whatsapp group.
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Prasad reads chats regarding NPR.
J Mridul: What is NPR?
Prasad: It's National Population Register.
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Prasad: This group is very secretive. Only people who attended the previous meetings were allowed here and no one else.
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Prasad: Whatever is happening in Shaheen Bagh is reflected in this group. So Shaheen Bagh was not an independent movement.
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Prasad: They say people were not transported to any of the protest sites but I will also show from these chats how they were.
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Prasad now refers to a 13th Jan message.
So what Shaheen Bagh was made of, I have shown that it was not organic. Sharjeel Imam in his chat clearly says he has around 200 people and if locals want to join, they can: Prasad.
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He now refers to chats of 14 Jan.
Prasad: Shaheen Bagh is now distancing itself from Sharjeel Imam.
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SPP is now referring to the situation at Khureji Khas protest site.
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The intent behind putting all these messages in this particular group is to mobilise more and more people so that more sites can be created. Everyone also had a legal support. that is the level of planning: Prasad.
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Prasad: Whatever happened in JCC is getting reflected in DPSG. This is the umbrella body.
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Prasad: All the people who are part of this group have visited, at some point, different protest sites.
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Source of entertain is also being provided by these people so that people continue to sit there. Even mobile toilets are being provided. That is the level of organising that is happening: Prasad.
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Prasad reads the chat where Natasha Narwal's responsibility was fixed for maintaining the protest sites in Seelampur area.
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Prasad: Please note that she is not a local resident.
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They are even asking if it is a good idea to hold a copy of the Constitution outside the Supreme Court. That is the kind of sensitivity that is there in the group: Prasad.
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Prasad: How sensitive and alert this group is reflected in the fact that they discussing whether even a candle should be placed outside Supreme Court or not.
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There was a narrative that Shaheen Bagh was created by dadis and nanis but these chats reveal that there was some other alliance behind it. They were managing everything: Prasad.
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Prasad: Organisations like PFI were behind Shaheen Bagh. I have already stated it on the first date. There were many conspirators and one of them was PFI.

Bench says it will hear the case on Thursday now.
J Mridul: List it at 2:15 the day after.
Hearing over.

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