New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Tuesday filed its reply copy in the Delhi High Court opposing Umar Khalid's appeal challenging the trial court order refusing bail. Reply said that the trial court rightly dismissed the bail application of the Appellant (Umar Khalid) by a well-reasoned order dealing with each and every speculative argument raised by the Appellant.
New Delhi Apr 26 PTI The Delhi Police has opposed before the Delhi High Court a plea of former JNU student Umar Khalid seeking bail in a case under the stringent UAPA for alleged conspiracy behind the 2020 riots in Delhi saying the narratives sought to be created by him cannot be looked into as his defence at the this stageIn its reply filed to the plea which challenges the rejection of Khalids bail application by the trial court the police stated that the trial court has rightly dismissed Khalids plea for release by a well-reasoned order which suffers from no illegalityIt is most respectfully submitted that the appeal raises no good grounds for consideration by this honble court and thus the same be dismissed in the interest of justice stated the reply filed through special public prosecutor Amit PrasadAt the stage of bail the narratives sought to be created by the Appellant cannot be looked into as his defence The Appellant before the Ld Trial Court raised ipse dixit arguments seeking to conduct a mini trial at the stage of deciding the bail application and to view the appellants role in isolation in the case of conspiracy which is impermissible in law it addedIn the reply the Delhi Police further claimed that the length and breadth of the conspiracy and role played by different entities WhatsApp groups and individuals in pursuance to the conspiracy behind the riots would be clearly demonstrated by the trial court orders rejecting bail to the other co-accused in the caseThe police also sought the courts permission to rely on the underlying material from the charge sheets to oppose the bail pleaIt also said it strongly refutes the allegation that the prosecution has dropped any allegation as is contained in the charge sheet against Khalid or any of other co-conspiratorsKhalid and several others have been booked under the anti-terror law in the case for being the masterminds of the February 2020 riots which had left 53 people dead and over 700 injuredThe violence had erupted during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of CitizensKhalid sought bail in the case on the ground that he was not present when the violence broke out no money was recovered from him and the case is based on cooked up statementsLast week the high court had granted three days time to the Delhi Police to file its short reply to the bail application filed in the case and listed the case for further hearing on April 27The court had held that Khalids speech given in Amravati in February 2020 which formed the basis of the case against him was obnoxious prima facie not acceptable and that certain statements in the speech were offensive per seOn March 24 the trial court had denied bail to Khalid saying there were reasonable grounds to believe that the accusations against him were prima facie trueAdditional sessions judge Amitabh Rawat had noted from the charge sheet that there was a premeditated conspiracy of a disruptive chakka jam and a pre-planned protest at 23 different sites which was to escalate and result in riotsOn the perusal of the charge sheet and accompanying documents for the limited purpose of the bail I am of the opinion that allegations against the accused Umar Khalid are prima facie true the trial court had saidIt had rejected the contention that Khalid was a researcher and that his bent of mind can be assessed from his doctoral thesis on Welfare aspects of Adivasis of Jharkhand and other writings saying it was not a relevant consideration while deciding the bail applicationThe target was to block roads at mixed population areas and encircle the entire area completely stopping the entry and exit of citizens living there and then creating panic to attack on police personnel by women protesters in front only followed by other ordinary people and engulfing the area into a riots and the same would be covered by the definition of terrorist act the court had notedThe trial court had also rejected the contention made by defence counsel that Khalid was part of the WhatsApp group MSJ and DPSG but he had not written many messages in those groups and they are not overtly provocative or incriminatory saying the fact that he was part of such groups created for specific objects and his acts or presence throughout the period beginning from the passing of the CAB Bill in December 2019 till the February 2020 riots has to be read in totality and not piecemealBesides Khalid activist Khalid Saifi JNU students Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita Jamia Coordination Committee members Safoora Zargar former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and several others have also been booked under the stringent law in the case PTI ADS ZMN
New Delhi Apr 22 PTI No student or staff should be allowed entry into school premises without thermal scanning and if any of them tests Covid positive the institutes authorities must take appropriate quarantine measures according to Delhi government guidelines for schoolsThe guidelines were issued in the wake of a spike in coronavirus patients in the city that on Thursday logged 965 cases 1009 on Wednesday 632 on Tuesday and 501 on MondaySchools have also been advised to ask students to not share lunch and stationery items the Standard Operating Procedure SOP issued by the city government statedParents should be advised to not send their ward to school if the child or any member in the family tests positive or shows Covid symptoms it saidIf a student as well as staff member displays any Covid symptoms they should be moved away from other people into an outdoor ventilated space or quarantine room the SOP statedTeachers are also directed to report to the principal immediately if any student in the class is found with Covid symptoms The same must be reported to zonal and district authorities and the school may close specific wing temporarily or the area may be cordoned off it statedAll entry and exit gates of school buildings should be used to avoid crowding at the time of entry and exit of students it statedHelp of volunteers may be taken to avoid crowding and maintaining of Covid-appropriate behaviour CAB No student and staff should be allowed to enter premises without thermal scanning the SOP addedSchool principals have been advised to hold a meeting with parents as well as school management committees SMCs to review compliance of Covid protocols and discuss other confidence boosting measures among students and parents the Delhi government said in the SOPReports of infections from schools have triggered concerns weeks after they opened for offline classes following a two-year gap due to the pandemicExperts have been warning against closure of schools yet again citing learning lossesSchools across Delhi-NCR have sprung into action following a spike in Covid cases and are taking various measures including frequent sanitisation to restrict the spread of the virus to a minimum and thus avoid shutdown of the campusThe Haryana education department has directed schools in the state not to make it mandatory for students to attend physical classes at a time when scores of students and staff in institutes across NCR cities have been diagnosed with COVID-19The Delhi government had last week issued guidelines for schools asking them to close specific wings or classrooms wherever any student or teacher is found infected PTI GJS GJS ANB ANB
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to Delhi Police on an appeal moved by a former student leader of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Umar Khalid, challenging trial court order that refused his bail application in a larger conspiracy case related to North East Delhi violence.
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): Umar Khalid, an accused in Northeast Delhi violence larger conspiracy case has moved Delhi High Court challenging the lower court order denying bail to him. The High Court will hear the appeal on Friday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 14 (ANI/PRNewswire): SGS is pleased to announce that the Telecommunication Engineering Centre, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India has renewed SGS's designation as a Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) with expanded scope for EMI/EMC and Safety Testing.
New Delhi [India], March 25 (ANI): A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed the bail application of Umar Khalid observing that any thesis or research done by any accused can not be a ground for assessing mens rea or his bent of mind. A bail application must be decided on facts presented in the charge sheet.
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