Prasad also challenged the argument made by Senior Advocate Rebecca John, who had appeared for Saifi, that there were no provocative speeches delivered by him.
“That is a wrong statement. Not only are there speeches, but they are identical and in line with Umar Khalid’s speeches…All the speeches by and large have commonalities. He (Saifi) is a resident of Khajuri Khas but was giving statements in Jamia,” the SPP stated.
He also sought to distinguish Saifi’s case from that of Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan, who was granted bail by the special court in the same FIR.
Prasad said that Jahan was not a part of any of the WhatsApp groups where the conspiracy was hatched, and therefore, the defence cannot claim any parity between the two cases.
Source: Barandbench
