The Delhi police relied on chats, speeches, secret meetings and location data to argue Khalid’s involvement in the Delhi Riots conspiracy

Petitioners challenged detention, citing prolonged investigation and repeated supplementary chargesheets

Tracking activist Umar Khalid's bail applications in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India

Petitioners attacked “speeches-as-conspiracy” and asked why UAPA custody continues without a single overt act

The prosecution pressed applicability of UAPA’s bar on bail and alleged that the accused were supported by a funding network

Delhi Police argues videos, chats and witness accounts expose real objective of regime change

Delhi Police disputes delay narrative, says speeches, WhatsApp chats and conduct show that protests were orchestrated, not spontaneous

Luthra argued that the accused was later “folded into” the larger conspiracy narrative, despite bail in the initial FIRs

It was argued that with no evidence linked to violence and no overt act alleged, Umar Khalid and others cannot be jailed indefinitely

It was argued that Khalid and others remain jailed without recovery or proof of violence, as charge-sheets pile up yearly

Umar Khalid has been in custody since September 2020 over conspiracy charges in the 2020 Delhi riots, with repeated rejection of bail pleas

The Court noted the prolonged incarceration without trial of political leaders and activists arrested under special criminal statutes