Overview
- Senior advocate Trideep Pais told Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai that the prosecution’s case relies on belated statements by protected witnesses and has no physical recoveries tying Khalid to violence.
- The defence highlighted that Khalid sent only three messages in the DPSG WhatsApp group, faces no allegation of raising funds, and saw no recovery of arms.
- Pais questioned why statements about alleged meetings on December 8, 2019 and January 8, 2020 were recorded months after the FIR and even after Khalid’s 2020 arrest.
- He alleged police “poached” co‑accused Tahir Hussain’s driver as a witness, while the Special Cell maintains a months‑long conspiracy involving multiple protest sites and a planned chakka jam.
- Arguments on charge are listed for October 28–29 in Karkardooma, and Khalid’s Supreme Court challenge to the Delhi High Court’s September 2 bail denial is listed for October 27, nearly five years after his September 13, 2020 arrest.