The Delhi High Court on Wednesday questioned the police if organising protests was enough to attract anti-terror law UAPA in a February 2020 riots' case, while asking it to specify the roles of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others in instigating violence.
A bench comprising Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur posed the query to the special public prosecutor Amit Prasad while dealing with their bail pleas in a case of alleged "larger conspiracy" behind the violence. The bench remarked there could be no dispute as long as the accused, who were stated to be protesting against a law, did not "exceed their rights".
The counsel was therefore asked to furnish the "specifics".
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