The Delhi High Court on Tuesday denied bail to activists and former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and seven others in connection with the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.
Apart from Khalid and Imam, a bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur also dismissed the bail pleas of Mohd Saleem Khan, Shifa Ur Rehman, Athar Khan, Meeran Haider, Shadab Ahmed Abdul Khalid Saifi and Gulfisha Fatima. The bail pleas of Imam and Khalid have been pending since 2022.
