Delhi riots: These appearing towards nation needs to be in jail until acquittal or conviction?

The Delhi Police on 9 July, Wednesday, argued within the Delhi Excessive Court docket that the intention behind the February 2020 riots within the capital was to globally defame the nation by means of a well-planned and orchestrated felony conspiracy by the accused individuals, together with Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid.

The Delhi Police was opposing the bail pleas of the accused individuals when it argued earlier than a bench of justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur that it was not a spontaneous riot however a well-organised act deliberate prematurely within the capital of the nation, geared toward a selected day and time.

The bench reserved its verdict after listening to arguments of solicitor basic Tushar Mehta for the police and counsel of the accused individuals.

“In case you are doing one thing towards your nation, then you definitely higher be in jail until you’re acquitted or convicted. There was a riot within the capital of the nation the place 100 police personnel and 41 different public individuals had been injured and one police personnel misplaced his life,” Mehta claimed.

This was in reference to the pleas of Imam, Khalid, Mohd Saleem Khan, Shifa Ur Rehman, Athar Khan, Meeran Haider, Abdul Khalid Saifi and Gulfisha Fatima.

The listening to on the bail plea of accused Shadab Ahmed would proceed on Thursday, 10 July.

Mehta contested the accuseds’ arguments of a protracted interval of jail time, saying solely lengthy incarceration was no grounds for giving bail.