The Supreme Court is on Monday scheduled to hear the bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others in the UAPA case linked to the alleged conspiracy behind the Delhi riots in February 2020.

A two-judge bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria is likely to take up the matter for hearing.

This comes over a month after the SC had sought response from the Delhi Police on the matter of the bail pleas of the jailed activists . The top court had issued the notice on September 22.

Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others had moved the apex court challenging a decision of the Delhi High Court that denied them bail in the 2020 Delhi riots case. Also Read | Delhi riots accused Sharjeel Imam seeks interim bail to contest Bihar polls

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