'In Custody for 2 Years,' Delhi Riots Accused Moves for Bail, HC Seeks Police Status Report
Mohammad Saleem Khan pleaded that he has already been granted bail in another case which is also based on the same video footage.
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Mohammad Saleem Khan pleaded that he has already been granted bail in another case which is also based on the same video footage.
The Delhi high court was referring to a speech delivered by the scholar-activist Umar Khalid in Amravati in 2020, while hearing his appeal against refusal of bail.
'We will not respond to violence with violence. We will not respond to hate with hate. If they spread hate, we will respond to it by spreading love.'
The court is convinced that the ‘Muslim critical mass’ has no real grievances, only ulterior motives, and is out to create trouble.
The bail order takes us to a position where the prosecution can write literally anything in its UAPA chargesheet and the court will park all objections for a trial that will not finish for the next ten years.