Spanning over six months, the bail hearings witnessed some interesting arguments by the defence and the prosecution.
The prosecution had alleged that the Delhi Riots were part of a premeditated, deep-rooted conspiracy which was hatched by the accused persons.
Senior Counsel Trideep Pais, appearing on behalf of Khalid, had contended that a number of persons protested against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the protest was secular in nature, but the chargesheet was communal.
He argued that the case against Khalid was borne out of malice and the chargesheet against him was a result of “fertile imagination” of the police officer who drafted it. Pais contended that the witness statements against Khalid were inconsistent and the chargesheet resembled a television serial script.
Source: Barandbench
