A Delhi court on Tuesday agreed to give activist Umar Khalid an e-copy of the chargesheet filed against him in the February riots case, Live Law reported.
“It has been 1.5 months almost, but I still don’t know what the allegations against me are,” Khalid told the court. “This is against my right to a fair trial.” The activist’s lawyer submitted that he got only half an hour to meet Khalid and the chargesheet ran into thousands of pages.
Meanwhile, the court also extended the judicial custody till January 19 of all the accused, including Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Asif Iqbal Tanha, Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal and others arrested under stringent sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, according to Bar and Bench.
Imam said that the same relief (e-copy of chargesheet) should be given to all the accused. “While the riots were happening I was in jail, I have no role to play in them,” Imam said, adding that he had spent two months in prison reading…