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62. In the intervening night of 12th-13th December 2020, a new WhatsApp group, namely, "Muslim students of JNU_1", was created at the behest of the Appellant-Sharjeel Imam.

63. Later, in the evening of 13.12.2019, the Appellants-Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid visited JMI University, where the Appellant-Umar Khalid introduced the Appellant-Sharjeel Imam and others to the crowd as his team member and explained to them the difference between Chakka- Jaam and a Dharna. Further, the Appellant-Umar Khalid had allegedly instructed the Appellant-Sharjeel Imam to start Chakka-Jaam at Shaheen Bagh and at Gate No. 7 of JMI University. It is alleged that the Appellant-

65. It is alleged that, in the morning of 15.12.2019, the Appellant- Sharjeel Imam held a meeting with the MSJ Core Committee at Teflas, an eatery at JNU, and decided the further course of the plan, including roping in the Popular Front of India (PFI), and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JEIH), and others, for protests against the CAA/NRC.

66. It is further alleged that the Appellants-Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid, and others visited JMI University again later that day and gathered a number of protestors. The Appellant-Umar Khalid and others instigated the protestors, which resulted into violent riots taking place in the area of police station Jamia Nagar and New Friends Colony. In these riots, 45 Police personnel and 95 civilians were injured; two Police booths were burned; 3 Police motorcycles, QRT Gypsy were damaged; and three DTC and 8 private buses were also damaged.

113. It was argued that Appellant Sharjeel Imam was directed by Appellant Umar Khalid to mobilize students across universities like JNU, Jamia Millia Islamia, Aligarh Muslim University, and Delhi University, highlighting their central role in the conspiracy to incite nationwide unrest.

114. Our attention was invited to the Statements of the Protected Witnesses Bond, Romeo, Bravo, Saturn, and James, to contend that they have stated that the Appellant-Sharjeel Imam and others were persistently instigating the crowd by conveying that the Government is Anti-Muslim and the CAA is a law to be condemned as it targets only Muslims. Further, it was submitted that the Appellant-Umar Khalid, had instilled the idea among the masses that the Indian Government is a Hindu Government and is against the Muslims. Moreover, the Appellant-Umar Khalid stated that they would overthrow the Government at the right time. As a part of the CRL.A. 184/2022 & CONNECTED MATTERS 18:10:56 conspiracy, he submitted, the witnesses have stated that around 24 protest sites were created, and several meetings were held in this regard.

139. The learned counsel for the Appellant-Umar Khalid, apart from the above submissions, also stressed on the plea of change in circumstances to secure Bail. It is pertinent to note that the first bail application of the Appellant-Umar Khalid was dismissed by the learned Trial Court, vide Order dated 24.03.2022, and an appeal thereagainst was dismissed by a Coordinate Bench of this Court, vide Order dated 18.10.2022. It would not be out of place to mention that the arguments addressed on behalf of the Appellant-Umar Khalid before this Court, have already been raised and considered by the Coordinate Bench of this Court, which, after going CRL.A. 184/2022 & CONNECTED MATTERS 18:10:56 through the material against this Appellant as well as the detailed Order of the learned Special Court, found that a prima facie case was made out, as is reflected in its observations in the Order dated 18.10.2022. The Appellant- Umar Khalid, thereafter, preferred a Special Leave Petition (SLP) before the Supreme Court against the Order dated 18.10.2022, which was ultimately „dismissed as withdrawn‟ upon a request made on his behalf on account of the alleged change in circumstances. Subsequently, a second Bail Application was moved before the learned Trial Court, which came to be dismissed vide Order dated 28.05.2024, and the present appeal has been filed assailing the said Order.