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The counsel for former JNU student Umar Khalid told a Delhi court on Tuesday that no criminality could be attributed to his client.

The submissions were made before Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai during arguments opposing the framing of charges against Khalid in the UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots in Delhi.

Senior advocate Trideep Pais, appearing for Khalid, argued, “In any event, no criminality can be attributed, because unless you show that there is actual criminality in the actions.”

Referring to the charges levelled against Khalid for being a member of a WhatsApp group, Pais said Khalid was just a member of the group and never sent any messages.

“What is the criminality of belonging to the group,” he ask

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