Delhi’s Karkardooma Court on Thursday started hearing arguments on charge in the Delhi riots conspiracy case..Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Amit Prasad began his submissions before Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Sameer Bajpai.Prasad took the Court through the WhatsApp chats and stressed that the riots in Delhi in February 2020 were part of a conspiracy.He referred to the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) across the national capital and said that even though women were put in front of these protests, they were planned by the accused.The SPP will continue with his submissions on Friday, September 6..The accused in the case are Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Natasha Narwal, Asif Iqbal Tanha, Tahir Hussain, Khalid Saifi, Isharat Jahan, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, Shifa-Ur-Rehman, Shadab Ahmed, Tasleem Ahmed, Saleem Malik, Mohd Saleem Khan, Athar Khan and Faizan Khan.Delhi Police has invoked stringent provisions of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against the accused. .Delhi Riots conspiracy: All you need to know ahead of the day-to-day hearing of the UAPA case.The Court has started hearing arguments on charge after Delhi Police said that investigation with regard to all the accused are complete.Accused Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha, Devangana Kalita, and several others had moved applications before the Court seeking to know the status of the investigation against them. Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid, and some others accused supported these applications.They argued that this information should be given to them before the court starts hearing arguments on the charge because the accused cannot reveal their defence to the prosecution before the probe is complete.The accused raised the apprehension that the prosecution may file supplementary chargesheets to fill gaps in the investigation which may be pointed out by the accused during the arguments.
Delhi’s Karkardooma Court on Thursday started hearing arguments on charge in the Delhi riots conspiracy case..Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Amit Prasad began his submissions before Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Sameer Bajpai.Prasad took the Court through the WhatsApp chats and stressed that the riots in Delhi in February 2020 were part of a conspiracy.He referred to the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) across the national capital and said that even though women were put in front of these protests, they were planned by the accused.The SPP will continue with his submissions on Friday, September 6..The accused in the case are Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Natasha Narwal, Asif Iqbal Tanha, Tahir Hussain, Khalid Saifi, Isharat Jahan, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, Shifa-Ur-Rehman, Shadab Ahmed, Tasleem Ahmed, Saleem Malik, Mohd Saleem Khan, Athar Khan and Faizan Khan.Delhi Police has invoked stringent provisions of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against the accused. .Delhi Riots conspiracy: All you need to know ahead of the day-to-day hearing of the UAPA case.The Court has started hearing arguments on charge after Delhi Police said that investigation with regard to all the accused are complete.Accused Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha, Devangana Kalita, and several others had moved applications before the Court seeking to know the status of the investigation against them. Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid, and some others accused supported these applications.They argued that this information should be given to them before the court starts hearing arguments on the charge because the accused cannot reveal their defence to the prosecution before the probe is complete.The accused raised the apprehension that the prosecution may file supplementary chargesheets to fill gaps in the investigation which may be pointed out by the accused during the arguments.
