"The protest was secular, the charge sheet is communal,” Umar Khalid’s lawyer told a Delhi Court on Tuesday, 2 November, as the court continued to hear the bail plea moved by Khalid. This is in connection with the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case involving charges under the UAPA and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Representing Khalid, his lawyer Trideep Pais argued:
"The allegation – that on 10 December 2019, I (Umar) attended a CAB protest meeting at Jantar Mantar. What is UAPA about that allegation? It's not some story we are writing, no? They (Delhi Police) have to point out some illegality or crime"