Delhi High Court vacates stay on trial in Delhi Riots case against Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam under UAPA

The Delhi High Court has vacated its stay on the trial in the Delhi riots case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. (State vs Tahir Hussain & Ors).The Court had earlier stayed the trial in view of the State's appeal against a trial court order directing the supply of hardcopy of the chargesheet to all accused..The stay was vacated in view of the Prosecution's stand that the accused were at liberty to collect a complete hard copy of the chargesheet from the trial court on March 25. "In view of above, no further order is required to be passed and the same is, accordingly, disposed of with pending application. Accordingly, interim order is vacated," single-judge Justice Suresh Kumar Kait ordered,.Delhi Police had earlier opposed supply of hard copies of the chargesheet on the ground that it ran into thousands of pages with twenty-three volumes..The present case pertains to an alleged conspiracy that led to rioting in the north-east areas of the national capital in February 2020. .The accused persons in the case include Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Abdul Khalid Saifi, Asif Iqbal Tanha, Ishrat Jahan, Tahir Hussain, Safoora Zargar, Natasha Narwal,Devangana Kalita..In its first chargesheet in the case, Police claimed commission of offences under Section 120 B of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 13, 16, 17, 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [UAPA]; and Sections 124A, 153A, 302, 307, 109, 114, 147, 148, 149, 186, 353, 395, 201, 341, 212, 295, 427, 435, 436, 452, 454, 341, 420, 468, 471, 34 IPC; as well as Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act and Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984..Subsequently, a second chargesheet was filed against Umar and Sharjeel.. All accused except Safoora and Faizan are presently in judicial custody. .[Read Order]