New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Monday deferred the pronouncement of order on the bail plea of Umar Khalid for March 21. The Karkardooma court had reserved its order on March 3. Former JNU student leader Umar Khalid is an accused in the northeast Delhi violence conspiracy case. He was arrested on 13 September 2020 under Sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
Additional sessions judge Amitabh Rawat deferred the matter as the defence had not filed their written submissions in the matter. SPP Amit Prasad had rebutted that in the case of conspiracy, the wholesome conduct of the accused has to be seen. There are multiple chats and other evidence is there. He also submitted that there is adequate material on record against the accused.
He submitted on the specific question asked by the court on Umar Khalid's speech at Amaravati, that the permission for this program was rejected on 11 February 2020 by the Maharashtra police. Again on 12 February, another application was filed by an office-bearer of the Welfare Party of India mentioning six dignitaries except Umar Khalid. The father of the accused is the national president of the party. Permission was given to only six persons, Despite this Umar Khalid went there and gave a speech on 17 February. An FIR was lodged in this regard for not obeying the order, argued the SPP.