Being Part Of WhatsApp Group Not Crime, Umar Khalid Tells Delhi Court
NDTV
Umar Khalid's lawyer said the entire charge sheet in a conspiracy case relating to Northeast Delhi violence is a fertile imagination of Delhi Police.
Student-turned-activist Umar Khalid today told Delhi's Karkardooma Court that the prosecution wants to paint every accused in the conspiracy case relating to the Northeast Delhi violence with the same brush and said that being part of a WhatsApp group is not a crime.
Noted lawyer Trideep Pais, while advancing his argument for bail plea of Umar Khalid, told Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat that the entire charge-sheet in a larger conspiracy case is a fertile imagination of Delhi Police.
He also said that there was no evidence to show that Sharjeel Imam created the group on the directions of Umar Khalid.
Lawyer Pais told the Court that the chargesheet alleged that Umar Khalid asked Sharjeel Imam to make a WhatsApp Group and submitted that being a part of a group is not a crime. He also asked, "Is chakka jam an offence? Is a meeting to say that our protest will involve chakka jam automatically a criminal conspiracy?"
