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Delhi High Court lists Umar Khalid bail plea before bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul

The High Court bench headed by Justice Mukta Gupta who on Thursday directed that the bail plea

As the matter was bought to hearing today, when the bench of Justices Gupta and Mini Pushkarna noted that the bail matter had been partly heard by the bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Rajnish Bhatnagar.

During the last hearing, the earlier bench headed that was by Justice Siddharth Mridul had said that  speech delivered at Amravati  by Umar Khalid was obnoxious. The bench has further said that criticism of Government is allowed but that does not give you right to Lakshman Rekha.

The Counsel of Umar Khalid were made to explain the meaning of the words ‘inquilabi’ and ‘krantikari’ and the context in which they were used by him in his speeches so as to understand if it played any role in the conspiracy that resulted in the Delhi riots of 2020.

Khalid had moved to the High Court after Karkardooma Court on March 24 denied him .The bail plea was turned down by the Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat fwho found that Umar Khalid was part of the WhatsApp groups created for specific objects.

In his order he said “His acts or presence throughout the period beginning from the passing of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in December 2019 till the riots of February 2020 riots had to read in a piecemeal manner, the Court had held.

The Delhi High Court divisional bench on Thursday has directed the bail plea filed by Umar Khalid in the Delhi Riots case, be listed before another bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul.

The bench which took this decision was head by Justice Mukta Gupta who on Thursday directed that the bail plea

As the matter was bought to hearing today, when the bench of Justices Gupta and Mini Pushkarna noted that the bail matter had been partly heard by the bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Rajnish Bhatnagar.

During the last hearing ,the earlier bench headed that was by Justice Siddharth Mridul had said that  speech delivered at Amravati  by Umar Khalid was obnoxious. The bench has further said that criticism of Government is allowed but that does not give you right to Lakshman Rekha.

The Counsel of Umar Khalid were made to explain the meaning of the words ‘inquilabi’ and ‘krantikari’ and the context in which they were used by him in his speeches so as to understand if it played any role in the conspiracy that resulted in the Delhi riots of 2020.

Khalid had moved to the High Court after Karkardooma Court on March 24 denied him .The bail plea was turned down by the Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat fwho found that Umar Khalid was part of the WhatsApp groups created for specific objects.

In his order he said “His acts or presence throughout the period beginning from the passing of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in December 2019 till the riots of February 2020 riots had to read in a piecemeal manner, the Court had held.

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