NEW DELHI, Oct. 18 -- Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student activist Umar Khalid on Friday told a Delhi court that the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case against him would "fall flat" as the Delhi Police had relied on witness statements recorded nearly a year after his arrest instead of producing cogent evidence.

The submissions were made by Khalid's lawyer, senior advocate Trideep Pais, before additional sessions judge Sameer Bajpai at Karkardooma courts, which is hearing the northeast Delhi riots larger conspiracy case on the point of framing of charges.

"Usually, in terror cases, there are boxes of evidence," Pais argued, "but here, there are witnesses who come out of the woodwork and belatedly name me as being part...