The Delhi Police on Monday (November 18) argued before the Supreme Court that Umar Khalid cannot claim parity with Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal and Asif Iqbal Tanha, the co-accused in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, as the 2021 order of the Delhi High Court giving them bail was passed on an incorrect interpretation of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

Appearing for the Police, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju submitted that the Delhi High Court's 2021 bail judgment in favour of the three correctly held incorrectly that the UAPA applied only to offences concerning the “defence of India”, and therefore the statutory bar on bail under Section 43D(5) was inapplicable.

Raju said that once the High Court concluded that UAPA didn't apply, it wrongly applied Se

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