Delhi riots case accused Shadab Ahmed submitted in the Supreme Court on Thursday (November 6, 2025) that criminality cannot be attached to mere presence at protest sites.
Appearing before a Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria, Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra, for Mr. Ahmed, said the charges against his client, which include offences under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), were linked to testimonies alleging that he had shown up at anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests in the national capital.
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The accused’s side argued that he was included only in the second supplementary chargesheet, and one of the materials produced by the prosecution against him was a hardly discernible photograph supposedly showing him attending a protest by the Delhi Protest Solidarity Group.
Mr. Ahmed, who is seeking bail, said the case against him banks on the depositions of police witnesses. He referred to two protected witnesses, codenamed Radium and Sodium, who were arraigned to buttress the police case against him.
