On March 24, a Delhi court rejected the bail plea of one of the prime accused of the larger conspiracy case of Delhi Riots 2020. Soon after the court announced the judgement, so-called liberals and Islamists had a massive meltdown on social media platforms.
TMC’s Saket Gokhale called Khalid a political prisoner and alleged that the court rejected his fundamental rights. He urged everyone not to “forget” Khalid. “Every day that he spends in jail is a black mark on Indian democracy,” he claimed.
While we protest & fight several issues in the country, Umar MUST NOT BE FORGOTTEN!
— Saket Gokhale 🇺🇦 (@SaketGokhale) March 24, 2022
Every day that he spends in jail is a black mark on Indian democracy.
Fighting for the Constitution also means fighting for those who are being denied their rights & being persecuted.
Political analyst Muzzammil Imam alleged the real culprits are never caught, but the innocents get punished by the courts.
महफ़िल में जलाते हैं दिया दूसरे लोग,
— Muzzammil Imam | مزمل إمام (@imammuzzammil) March 24, 2022
लेते है उजालों का मज़ा दूसरे लोग,
मुजरिम कभी पकड़े नहीं जाते,
लेकिन पाते हैं अदालत से सज़ा दूसरे लोग।#UmarKhalid #SharjeelImam #ReleaseAllPoliticalPrisoners
The Wire journalist Kaushik Raj pointed fingers at Yati Narsinghanand and others, claiming they were roaming free after making allegedly inflammatory speeches, but Khalid, who ‘protested’ against CAA-NRC, was denied bail. Khalid is accused of being part of larger conspiracy in Delhi riots.
Yati Narsinghanand, Anand Swaroop, Prabodhanand, Annapurna gave a call for gen0cide of muslims in Haridwar Dharm Sansad. Only Yati was briefly arrested, granted bail within a month. Nobody else even touched by law.
— Kaushik Raj (@kaushikrj6) March 24, 2022
Umar Khalid who protested against CAA-NRC has been denied bail.
Advocate Areeb Uddin questioned why the court deferred the decision three times and then rejected the bail.
On July 15, 2021, Umar Khalid had moved the bail plea in UAPA case and on March 24, 2022 the order was pronounced.
— Areeb Uddin (@Areebuddin14) March 24, 2022
Strange to see that bail applications are taking so much time, that too in Delhi. Also, many prisoners don’t have the privilege to get their bail listed or heard.
Aatish Taseer, whose OCI card was revoked by the Indian Government, said, “the day after Bhagat Singh’s death anniversary, to honour those societies that do NOT demand martyrdom and sacrifice, those that allow you to live (rather than die) for your country, and that do not fetishise the terrible suffering Umar Khalid has had to endure.”
Wow. Important — the day after Bhagat Singh’s death anniversary— to honour those societies that do NOT demand martyrdom and sacrifice, those that allow you to live (rather than die) for your country, and that do not fetishise the terrible suffering Umar Khalid has had to endure. https://t.co/JqQjWDSoue
— Aatish Taseer (@AatishTaseer) March 24, 2022
Washington Post columnist accused of financial fraud in name of COVID relief donation called it tyranny.
“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.” pic.twitter.com/0zKtC0GCOn
— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) March 24, 2022
Senior Advocate and former AAP leader Prashant Bhushan called it unfortunate and claimed the evidence against Khalid was ‘fabricated’.
Very unfortunate & unjust that the trial court prolonged the bail hearing for months & then finally denied Bail to Umar, despite clear video evidence that the charge against him of instigating riots is bogus & fabricated https://t.co/pLr9t8kK72
— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) March 24, 2022
Former AMU student and another Islamist Sharjeel Usmani insinuated that the judiciary in India is hand in gloves with the Indian government, thereby casting aspersions that the independent body is not so.
judiciary is this government's greatest ally.
— Sharjeel Usmani (@SharjeelUsmani) March 24, 2022
Umar Khalid was booked under UAPA
The Delhi Police apprehended Umar Khalid on September 13, 2020, and charged him on November 22, 2020, under several provisions of the UAPA and the Indian Penal Code. In July 2021, Khalid filed a bail application.
