Two other accused - Kashmiri separatist leader Sayed Ali Shah Geelani and a Delhi University lecturer Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani, who was acquitted by the Supreme Court in Parliament attack case on technical grounds - died in the meantime.

Sushil Pandit, a social activist from Kashmir, had filed a complaint on October 28, 2010 at the Tilak Marg Police Station alleging that several people made “provocative speeches” at a conference organised by the Committee for Release of Political Prisoners under the banner ‘Azadi - The Only Way’ on October 21. Pandit had alleged that participants at the conference discussed and propagated “Separation of Kashmir from India.” He later filed a complaint before the court of Metropolitan Magistrate.

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The FIR in the case was registered on November 29, 2010 for several offences, including sedition and under Section 13 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. Besides Roy, Hussain, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who was also Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, and SAR Geelani, others present on the occasion included Varavara Rao, an accused in the Bhima-Koregaon case.

2010
When case was registered

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